Unfortunately, the plane leaves them on a desert and they find themselves with little water or food. Ben goes with her and when the plane touches down, they get off. She follows what she thinks is her path by hiding on a small plane. Martine goes to her place where she can see messages for her on the walls with Grace and discovers what she must do to find answers to help save their home. A wealthy businessman has claimed that he will be taking their home and wildlife refuge from them because of a deal he made with her grandfather. The next two books were good as well as The Elephant's Tale.

If she hadn't experienced the loss, perhaps she wouldn't be searching for something to fill the void she was feeling. It was sad to think that this young girl would lose her parents and then go live with a grandmother that seems a little cold, but the story line works for the premise that this young girl has felt enough pain and loss that she would be emotionally practiced enough to care so much for the animals on their refuge. I was hooked by the thought of someone having a connection to animals and there seemed to be a little bit of magic or mystique to the story. I loved the first one, The White Giraffe. This book is the fourth in the series by Lauren St. (I read the Kindle version and was impressed by the good quality of the illustrations - however, there were too many typing issues for my liking, especially the repetition of sentences or parts of sentence.) John will keep on writing and I will get a chance to learn more about Southern Africa from her books. Did you, by the way, know that elephants can swim up to 300 miles? So I very much hope that Lauren St. In the first book it was all about South Africa and giraffes the second book focused on Mozambique and dolphins the third book on Zimbabwe and leopards and this fourth book gave me a chance to learn about Namibia and elephants. I guess it is mainly the many interesting facts about Southern Africa, its countries, peoples and animals, that are gently woven into each of the stories, which really keep me reading. I asked myself what attracted me still so much to these books. Even though the fourth book in this series around Martine, a child who has special powers to heal animals, follows a similar pattern as the previous titles, it was still a real pleasure to read the book.

The Elephant's Tale by Lauren St. John