Sophie and the Pancake Plot

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Gidaado the Fourth and his albino camel are working for a famous General in his campaign to win the state elections. General Cr pe-Sombo is everyone's hero, but Sophie reckons there is something fishy about him. She must do some dangerous spying to find out the truth. It turns out that the General is more crooked than Sophie and Gidaado could ever have imagined. They must expose him before he becomes President! In a final breathtaking scene, the children are racing across the desert sands on camelback, pursued by General Cr pe-Sombo in his jeep. Who will prevail

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"While the adventure is standard children outwitting bad adults, the setting and the characters make it different from the usual. It's very speedy... [and] great fun." * School Librarian *

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Stephen Davies is a missionary living amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, eats millet, and accompanies cattle-drives. He was involved in the set-up of a Fulfulde radio station which will broadcast news, griot music and advice about cows, crops and health. He also writes for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and occasionally for the Sunday Times.