Jazz is sixteen years
old, she lost her mother in a car accident that gave her scars to her
face. She is very conscious of this and everyone pointing and staring at
her. Her father (a Longleat vet) decides they are going to Kenya for a
year to work at his friend’s safari lodge. Jazz
doesn’t want to go and doesn’t want to join in. Soon after arriving, at
her lowest, she finds a leopard cub whose mother has been killed and decides
she wants to take care of it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story, it was just lovely.
It wasn’t soppy or over the top, the story also deals with the harsh side of
running lodges, with poaching and killing. As I was reading it, my eyes
often misted over for a range of emotions, happiness, pride, sadness.
This was a lovely story (can you tell I thought it was
lovely, lol) just the right mix for teenagers and adults. It’s a coming
of age story for both humans and leopards.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EPWPP4A/tag=jookuf-21
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