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Paperback
256 pages

Author

Lauren St John
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Author's Website

www.laurenstjohn.com/

Publisher

Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of Orion Publishing Co)

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Publication date

1st July 2010

ISBN

9781842557853

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The Elephant's Tale

Lauren St John

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This is the fourth thrilling African adventure featuring Martine, her beloved giraffe Jemmy and Martine’s best friend Ben.  With just 13 days to investigate the mysterious goings on at the Game Reserve and the fate of 20 missing elephants, Martine must stop at nothing to unearth the truth.  Either that or she stands to lose the wildlife sanctuary and the animals altogether.  There’s simply no-one better than Lauren St John for such vivid descriptions of Africa and the wild animals featured. 

 

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Synopsis

It's the first day of the December school holidays and Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks, not least spending time with Jemmy, her beloved white giraffe, and her best friend, Ben. But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine and her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed. The nature reserve, and everything in it, will no longer belong to them.

Martine is determined to save the home she's grown to love. When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants, she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets. This could be the answer to all their troubles...

About The Author

Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe. Aged 11 she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm in Gadzema, which later became the subject of her memoir. After studying journalism, she relocated to England, where she was golf correspondent to The Sunday Times. She is the author of several books on sports and music, as well as the award-winning children's series The White Giraffe, Dolphin Song, The Last Leopard & The Elephant's Tale.  Her latest book, One Dollar Horse is published in March 12.

Lauren St John has a fascinating life story and her captivating and haunting memoir about her childhood spent in rural Africa has been published.  Rainbow's End captures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush and it's this lifestory that is the inspiration for many of her animal stories for children.  This memoir is definitely not for children to read but we mention it here as parents of children reading Lauren's children's books may well like to read about this awe-inspiring author.

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