John, Lauren St. <br/><br/>
The white giraffe  
Lauren St. John; ilustration David Dean 
 - 1st. ed. 
 - New York:  Scholastic,  2006. 
 - 192 p.:  ill.;  7 x 2.2 x 20.4 iches (paperback) 
 - Animal Healer Series  1 .
<br/><br/> When Martine’s home in England burns down, killing her parents, she must go to South Africa to live on a wildlife game preserve, called Sawubona, with the grandmother she didn’t know she had. Almost as soon as she arrives, Martine hears stories about a white giraffe living in the preserve. But her grandmother and others working at Sawubona insist that the giraffe is just a myth. Martine is not so sure, until one stormy night when she looks out her window and locks eyes with Jemmy, a young silvery-white giraffe. Why is everyone keeping Jemmy’s existence a secret? Does it have anything to do with the rash of poaching going on at Sawubona? Martine needs all of the courage and smarts she has, not to mention a little African magic, to find out. First-time children’s author Lauren St. John brings us deep into the African world, where myths become reality and a young girl with a healing gift has the power to save her home and her one true friend. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780545078054 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Juvenile Literature <br/>Wild animals<br/>Magic and Magicians<br/>African Culture