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4) Max and Mona
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
Leaving his country home, a young man travels to Johannesburg with the village goat, Mona, hoping to become a doctor.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savanna to Ivan and Bob.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for a routine job looking after a nervous tourist. After the apparent suicide of his business partner, he can't handle much more. But this case is not what it seems--and neither is his partner's death.
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of Africa from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, discussing such topics as the different cultures that existed on the continent, the importance of Islam, European colonization, and the slave trade.
9) Oathkeeper
Author
Series
Bravelands volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With the balance of Bravelands at a breaking point, the Great Herd must risk everything to unite against their common enemy: the rogue lion, Titan"--
10) Bloodline
Author
Series
Sigma force volume 8
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After a pregnant woman is kidnapped by Somali pirates, Sigma Force, with the help of former army ranger Captain Tucker Wayne and his military war dog Kane, finds this rescue mission turning into a conspiracy of epic proportions.
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Francoise never expected to find herself responsible for a herd of elephants with a troubled past. But when the chic Parisienne fell in love with South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony, everything changed. Together they founded a game reserve but, after Lawrence's death, Francoise faced a daunting future of running Thula Thula without him. Almost immediately poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn't take orders from a woman...
14) A far off place
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1993?]
Language
English
Description
Two strangers must find strength and courage while crossing a dangerous African desert.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A Nigerian storyteller explores the continent of Africa country by country: its geography, peoples, animals, history, resources, and cultural diversity. The book is divided into five distinct sections--South, East, West, Central, and North--and each country is showcased on its own bright, energetic page brimming with friendly facts on science, industry, food, sports, music, wildlife, landscape features, even snippets of local languages"--
18) Rhino romp
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Simu gets lost in the African savanna but his mother and aunt help him find his way home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unabridged selections (3 of the 5 short stories) from the anthology by acclaimed author Uwem Akpan. The power of the human spirit is showcased in this collection featuring young children in Africa struggling to overcome extreme hardship and heartache from poverty, injustice, and violence.
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