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The Elephant's Tale

Lauren St John

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.

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : JUL 2, 2020
  • Imprint : Orion Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 256
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781842557853
  • Price : INR 499
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Lauren St John

Lauren St John was born in Gatooma Rhodesia now Kadoma Zimbabwe. At 11 she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm and game reserve the subject of her acclaimed memoir and she grew up surrounded by animals including eight horses two warthogs and a pet giraffe. After nearly a decade as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times followed by a sojourn in the US riding the tour buses of alt. country stars like Emmylou Harris Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks she wrote the bestselling 'White Giraffe' series. 'Dead Man's Cove' the first in her new mystery series about 11-year-old detective Laura Marlin won the 2011 Blue Peter Favourite Story and Book of the Year Awards.

Lauren's website is http://laurenstjohn.com/ and you can follow her on Twitter @laurenstjohn

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