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Follows Wilhelmina Silver, a girl whose African farm home is sold and is sent to boarding school in England, soon finding out that lions and hyenas are nothing compared to a pack of schoolgirls. A life-affirming novel about bravery, hope and the wildness that lives in us all.
Synopsis
Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. For lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of schoolgirls.
