![]() ![]() And that might have been fine except for the fact that it’s obvious right from the start that Martine is not wanted by this unfamiliar relative. When eleven-year-old Martine’s parents die in an accidental fire, she finds herself bundled away from England and sent to live with her grandmother in Africa. A good start, but a book that could have stood a little more editing There are things in this book that work, but by and large they’re outweighed by the sheer mass of the things that do not. John hasn’t quite yet gotten a feel for how to write for a young audience. ![]() But as far as I could tell, author Lauren St. It may well be that in the future this is a much beloved title that no one disputes as distilled genius in a glass. To the best of her ability she assured me that it was a worthwhile read, so I took it home. “Is this any good?,” I asked the clearly exhausted Dial employee. I’m not usually drawn to animal stories but there was something deeply compelling about the image I saw here. ![]() Deep blues with a pale ghostly giraffe obviously reflecting the moonlight off its hide. I think it may have been the cover of “The White Giraffe” that caught my eye first. I was a little too late to get the hottest galleys that day, but a person can still root out a hidden gem here and there if they’ve a yen to. I was at an ALA Conference skimming through the convention center when I stumbled across the Dial booth. ![]()
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