Lauren St John’s White Giraffe series has become internationally beloved. This is the perfect time to discover – or rediscover – this modern classic.
Martine is eleven when she goes to live on a game reserve in Africa, a place where mysteries and secrets abound, where the intoxicating magic of the country casts all sorts of spells.
One lonely night, she looks out of her window and sees a young giraffe, silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight.
‘For a split second their eyes locked, the small sad girl and the slender young giraffe, then the sky went dark. Martine pressed her face to the window, desperate to see the white giraffe again.’
In that instant Martine knows that she is prepared to risk everything for it. The giraffe looks at her as if it is waiting…
Martine is eleven when she goes to live on a game reserve in Africa, a place where mysteries and secrets abound, where the intoxicating magic of the country casts all sorts of spells.
One lonely night, she looks out of her window and sees a young giraffe, silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight.
‘For a split second their eyes locked, the small sad girl and the slender young giraffe, then the sky went dark. Martine pressed her face to the window, desperate to see the white giraffe again.’
In that instant Martine knows that she is prepared to risk everything for it. The giraffe looks at her as if it is waiting…
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Reviews
St John's descriptions of southern Africa provide a sumptuous backdrop.... top-drawer adventure storytelling, with an added helping of fantasy thrown in. It all makes for a genuinely gripping tale that will warm even the coldest of hearts.
enthralling... we may not all have a white giraffe to make life easier, but his book remainds us that even the most miserable situation can get better.
