The White Giraffe 20th Anniversary Edition: Book 1

(Paperback)

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Lauren St John's White Giraffe series has become internationally beloved. This is the perfect time to discover - or rediscover - this modern classic.

'Lauren St John is the queen of kid's animal fiction, and her White Giraffe series is a veritable treasure trove of classic, wild adventure. Warm, emotional, stirring and heart-stopping in equal measure!'

Ross Montgomery, author of I Am Rebel

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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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. * WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY - Joe Melia, Waterstone's Bristol Galleries *
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. * SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - John Millen *

Author Bio

Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, dogs, cat, warthogs, and a giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe and One Dollar Horse series, and standalone novels, The Snow Angel and The Glory.

Her latest books are Finding Wonder.

Wave Riders and the Wofe & Lamb Mystery series. Kat Wolfe Investigates won the 2019 CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children, and Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mystery series, was the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year.

A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an Ambassador for the Born Free Foundation, a Patron of Mane Chance Animal Sanctuary, and the founder of Authors4Oceans. When not writing or saving leopards and dolphins, she is a full-time valet to her cats, Skye and Teddy.