The White Giraffe

Martine is just as old as me and she had lost her parents in a fire. She is sent to Africa to her grandmother where everything is strange. She finds out that her mother's hometown was actually South Africa but doesn't realise why her mother had never told her that. While getting bullied by her friends in her new school she meets a boy who is bullied and often talks to him. Then, she hears about the mythical story of a White Giraffe that is a desire of the hunters. Finally, she meets the Giraffe, Jemme, she calls andbecome friends with it. She finally rides the giraffe and at the same time she hears that a girl who rides the white giraffe will have all powers upon the animals and save them. By then, shocking and mysterious fact is revealed and she clarifies that she is the mythical hero to save the animals.

An amazing book! Strongly recommend to people!