Theme: Poaching

Forest of the Pygmies

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Alexander Cold and Nadia Santos reunite for their final adventure in Isabel Allende’s celebrated trilogy. This time they are heading to the blazing plains of Kenya, where Alex’s grandmother Kate is writing an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches the camp in search of companions [...]

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The White Giraffe

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When Martine’s home in England burns down, killing her parents, she must go to South Africa to live on a wildlife game preserve, called Sawubona, with the grandmother she didn’t know she had. Almost as soon as she arrives, Martine hears stories about a white giraffe living in the preserve. But her grandmother and others [...]

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Lydia, Queen Of Palestine

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents’ divorce amid the chaos of the war, and her life on a kibbutz in Palestine. Based on the life of the Israeli poet Arianna Haran.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Elephant Quest

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Recounts an expedition through the Moremi Wildlife Reserve in Botswana, describing the vegetation and wildlife, and culminating in the sighting of an African elephant herd.

Descriptors: Africa, Botswana, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Forest Of The Pygmies

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Eighteen-year-old Alexander Cold and his grandmother travel to Africa on an elephant-led safari, but discover a corrupt world of poaching and slavery.

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