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Lauren St John, Author
Series: The White Giraffe Series
Imprint: Orion Children's Books
Publication date: October 9, 2025
Category: General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781510113848
Imagine rescuing a lion cub . . .
After Martine rescues an orphaned lion cub from a market, she dreams of keeping him forever. But Tau, the cub, already has a home. He’s been snatched from one of South Africa’s most famous game reserves.
When Martine and her best friend Ben are invited to the reserve to help settle Tau in, they leap at the chance. But the beautiful wilderness is riddled with mysteries and secrets, and the lion cub’s secret is the biggest of all.
As Martine and Ben start asking questions, they quickly discover that there are those who’ll stop at nothing to get to Tau. Will the lonely lion cub ever be truly free?
Lauren St John’s White Giraffe series has become internationally beloved. This is the perfect time to discover – or rediscover – this bestselling series.
Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, cats, dogs and a pet giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe and One Dollar Horse series, as well as her YA horse novel, The Glory. Dead Man’s Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mystery series, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Before becoming a children’s author, she worked as a journalist for The Sunday Times, writing about sports, music and spies. Along with her veterinary nursing training, it served as perfect research for her Kat Wolfe mystery series and The Snow Angel, a standalone MG novel.
A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an Ambassador for the Born Free Foundation, a patron for horse sanctuary, Mane Chance, and the founder of Authors4Oceans. When not rescuing leopards and dolphins, she is a full-time valet to her rescued, and not in the least demanding, Bengal cat, Max.
To find out more, visit her website at www.laurenstjohn.com
Topic: English, Geography, Life changes, Modern Classic
Age Range: 7-11
Related Book: The White Giraffe 20th Anniversary Edition
Book Creator: David Dean, Lauren St John
The heart-filled wildlife adventure series from bestselling author Lauren St. John, beloved by readers aroundthe world.
Themes: Animal Adventure | Conservation | Friendship