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Lauren St. John

    21 december 1966

    Lauren St. John haalt inspiratie uit haar jeugd op een boerderij en wildreservaat in Afrika, wat haar veelgeprezen memoires en geliefde kinderboekenreeks vormt. Haar werk verkent regelmatig thema's als avontuur, natuur en diepe verbindingen. St. John creëert meeslepende verhalen die lezers onderdompelen in levendige omgevingen en met gedenkwaardige personages.

    Lauren St. John
    Legend of the Animal Healer - 4: The Elephant's Tale
    The White Giraffe
    The Last Leopard
    Fire Storm
    Rainbow's End: Een jeugd in Afrika
    Het paard van een dollar
    • Het paard van een dollar

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Casey Blue woont in een grauwe torenflat in een Londense buitenwijk. Ze doet vrijwilligerswerk bij de plaatselijke manege, maar het is haar ultieme droom om de Badminton Horse Trials te winnen, het grootste paardrij-evenement ter wereld. Als ze een zwaar verwaarloosd paard redt van het slachthuis, raakt ze ervan overtuigd dat ze die onmogelijke droom waar kan maken. Haar vaders criminele achtergrond dreigt echter roet in het eten te gooien. En voor een jongen met ogen om in te verdrinken heeft ze al helemaal geen tijd!

      Het paard van een dollar
      4,2
    • Fire Storm

      • 290bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      What if victory cost you your life? The final novel in The One Dollar Horse series by prize-winning Lauren St John, in which Casey and Storm compete at the Burghley Horse Trials. Teenage eventing star Casey Blue has it all - fame, her champion horse Storm and a boyfriend who loves her. Then Kyle West walks into her life. The country's hottest equestrian coach is also drop dead gorgeous and Casey knows right away that she's in trouble. But who is Kyle and why are there so many unanswered questions about his past? And what is his connection to Anna Sparks, Casey's old rival? As the Burghley Horse Trials approaches, it becomes clear that what is at stake is not just the Grand Slam, but Casey's life. The concluding novel of The One Dollar Horse trilogy by prize-winning author, Lauren St John.

      Fire Storm
      4,7
    • The Last Leopard

      • 208bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.

      The Last Leopard
      4,4
    • The White Giraffe

      And, Dolphin Song : Two African Adventures

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      11 year old Martine's African adventures begin in THE WHITE GIRAFFE and DOLPHIN SONG, as she meets a magical white giraffe, rescues beached dolphins, and learns of an ancient prophecy that says the child who rides the white giraffe will have power over all the animals. Martine is eleven when she goes to live on a game reserve in South Africa. One night she looks out of her window and sees a giraffe - silver, tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight. In that instant, she knows that she is prepared to risk everything for it, and her thrilling adventures as the child who can ride the white giraffe begin. Join Martine in these heart-warming stories, as she discovers her special gift of healing, and rescues beached dolphins in the islands of Mozambique. These are books full of charm and atmosphere and stunning African landscapes, which will enchant animal lovers everywhere.

      The White Giraffe
      4,3
    • When Martine and her grandmother discover that they might lose their game reserve, Sawubona, because of a clause in her grandfather's will, Martine and her best friend, Ben, decide to take matters into their own hands. After Martine hears a prophecy that tells her: "The elephants will lead you to the truth," Martine and Ben stow away in an airplane, get stuck in the desert, and help a group of elephants escape from a horrible prison. Along the way, Martine learns the truth about Sawubona, as well as the dramatic truth about her gift with animals and where it will take her in her life . . .

      Legend of the Animal Healer - 4: The Elephant's Tale
      4,3
    • Kat Wolfe Investigates

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Join brave Kat Wolfe and her animal sidekicks in this first mysterious adventure filled with friendship, freedom and a fierce wild cat! Kat Wolfe loves her new home in idyllic Bluebell Bay, especially as it comes with a resident wildcat. But when she starts pet-sitting for pocket money, she finds that beneath the town's perfect surface lie some dark and dangerous secrets . . . After a pet owner vanishes from his clifftop mansion, Kat turns to her new friend, Harper Lamb, for help. What began as mystery-solving holiday fun quickly turns deadly for Wolfe and Lamb. Can they count on their unruly animals to save their lives? Kat Wolfe Investigates is the first in a compelling middle-grade mystery series from bestselling author Lauren St John.

      Kat Wolfe Investigates
      4,3
    • Rainbow's End

      A Memoir of Childhood, War & an African Farm

      • 304bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      HARDCOVER; A lyrical, haunting story of family, love, and loss in a land as dangerous as it is beautiful. A memoir of childhood, war, and an African Farm.

      Rainbow's End
      4,0
    • The third of Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series, in which Martine and Ben must save the world's rarest leopard.

      The White Giraffe Series: The Last Leopard
      4,2