The White Giraffe #4: The Elephant's Tale Award-winning author by Lauren St John (author)

The fourth instalment in Lauren St John’s heartwarming White Giraffe series, in which Martine must travel to Namibia to save an elephant and the home she has come to love.

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 …

The fourth thrilling African adventure, written with all the zest and skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE, DOLPHIN SONG and THE LAST LEOPARD.

Product Details

Series

The White Giraffe (book 4)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781842557853

Publisher

Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Date published

July 1st, 2010

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 6.1; Middle years; 8.0 points

Condition

New

Part of this Series

The White Giraffe

Author/Illustrator

Lauren St John

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 for 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, the Blue Peter Award winning Laura Marlin series, and the bestselling One Dollar Horse trilogy.