Maretha Botha

The Orphans' Plight Maretha Botha

"An African Adventure: The Orphans' Plight" is the third book in the series, FAUNA PARK TALES based on "African Adventures of Flame, Family, Furry and Feathered Friends" a GOLD MEDAL WINNER on an Authonomy, a writers' website supported by HarperCollins Publishers. Working dog Flame, aka Jack Old Boy among the good humans, and his furry and feathered friends support The Promise in Fauna Park - their very own sanctuary. Here, despite their differences, the bush creatures look out for one another, caring for helpless and sick ones among them. Loyal friends, including an elusive, injured bird with unusual pink eyelids - Flame calls him Hope - support his quest. For quite a while, Flame has sniffed bad humans' scent in Fauna Park, but when their activities affect his special little humans - two orphans - he and his friends decide to take matters into their own paws and claws, because one of the orphans speaks Faunalang - the bush creatures' peculiar language which few humans understand. They make a decision to help the orphans despite all sorts of difficulties. Can they succeed and will the good humans be able to help them in time?