Jaspa's Journey: The Great Migration - Softcover

Meyrick, Rich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981072100 ISBN 13: 9780981072104

Publisher: DREAMCATCHER PUBLISHING, 2009

Synopsis

Best Books Award FINALIST! Follow the thrilling adventures of Jaspa as he joins the epic exodus of the Great Migration on Africa's Serengeti Plain. Every year over two million animals are forced to embark on this desperate, real-life, danger-fraught, 500 mile struggle for survival. This year Jaspa must join them in order to fulfil a rite-of-passage known as the Journey, a task made doubly daunting by the fact that Jaspa is a Giraffeses, a distant relative of the giraffe, who could comfortably sit in the palm of your hand. Jaspa’s Journey: The Great Migration is a story of adventure and danger, friendship and secrets, excitement and emotion, humour and, above all, discovery.

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From the Author

Jaspa’s Journey is set on the vast stage of Africa’s Serengeti Plain, against the backdrop of one of the World’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders: the Great Migration - a desperate, 500 mile, danger-fraught battle for survival annually undertaken by over two million animals. This year, Jaspa must join this epic exodus, to fulfil a rite-of-passage known as the Journey - an undertaking that’s all the more extraordinary when you realise that Jaspa is a Giraffeses, a distant relative of giraffes, who could comfortably sit in the palm of your hand. Jaspa departs with the limitless herds, accompanied by his impulsive brother Bisckits and cousin Portia. From the magnificent volcanoes of the Crater Highlands, across the endless desiccated Serengeti Plains, to the wooded valleys of the Western Corridor they travel, on a rollercoaster adventure full of danger, emotion, excitement and secrets. But it’s not until they cross the crocodile-infested nightmare that is the Grumeti River that things go really awry. As they recover from the crossing, a dishevelled - yet equally diminutive - stranger appears in their camp with an incredible tale. He claims his name is Gravee, and that he’s a Dogses from a faraway place called Scotland, stranded in Africa and desperate to get home. Jaspa and the others vow to help and ultimately find themselves soaring high above the Serengeti, heading for Kilimanjaro airport on the backs of vultures. The experience sparks a flying obsession in Bisckits, and at the airport he sneaks aboard the plane that will hopefully return Gravee to Scotland. Jaspa and Portia are compelled to follow... And so Jaspa embarks upon a Journey beyond his wildest imaginings! While Jaspa himself is fictitious, his world most certainly is not. Anyone with a passport, a good map and a little care (and sufficient travelling expenses!) could follow in Jaspa’s footsteps, step by incredible step. In fact, abundant meticulously-researched, genuine geographical, environmental and historical details have been carefully woven into the story, making Jaspa’s Journey a gripping and inspiring adventure that’s also deviously educational.

From the Back Cover

Every year, on the vast expanse of Africa’s Serengeti Plain, over two millions animals are forced to embark on the Great Migration - a desperate, real-life, danger-fraught, 500 mile struggle for survival. This year Jaspa must join this epic exodus in order to fulfil a rite-of-passage known as the Journey, a task made doubly daunting by the fact that Jaspa is a Giraffeses, a distant relative of giraffes, who could comfortably sit in the palm of your hand. Jaspa’s Journey: The Great Migration is a story of adventure and danger, friendship and secrets, excitement and emotion, humour and, above all, discovery.

About this edition

• Publisher: DREAMCATCHER PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0981072100
• ISBN 13: 9780981072104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238