Safari Summer
6 primary works
Book 1
Twelve-year-old Jake Berman has just come to live with his mum and stepfather in Tanzania. He and his friend Shani are delighted to hear that a film company are coming to shoot a movie on a game reserve nearby. They can't wait to meet the film stars, or handle the lion cubs that they're going to use. But as the shooting progresses, Jake realizes that the director is planning to shoot more than just a film - he wants to take home a real-life souvenir. And where have the cubs come from? Jake finds out that there may be more sinister characters involved ...
Book 2
Twelve-year-old Jake Berman lives with his mum and stepfather in Tanzania. He's thrilled to be going to a chimp conservation area in Uganda. Shocked by the sound of gunshots on his first night, however, he discovers that the jungle is more dangerous than he had thought. He finds the site of a bushmeat massacre, where local hunters have slaughtered chimps and taken their babies for the illegal pet trade. Rescuing one of the chimps makes Jake and his friend Ross determined to stop the hunters, no matter what the danger ...
Book 3
Twelve-year-old Jake Berman lives with his mum and stepfather in Tanzania. Jake has always been fascinated by a lone elephant on their game reserve, but knows that he must keep his distance. He and his friend Shani are thrilled to find that an elephant relocation programme has selected their reserve for the rehoming of thirty elephants. But the nearby villagers are hostile to the idea - they don't want their crops to be at risk. The building of an elephant fence is the ideal solution ... but Jake is worried that the helpful local volunteers are not what they seem ...
Book 4
Some old friends from Hollywood have come to make a wildlife documentary on the Bermans' game reserve. When Jake discovers a King Cheetah cub living nearby, he can't believe his luck: this is the rarest type of cheetah in the world, and perfect for the documentary! But Musabi is suffering from a terrible drought and the cheetahs are in grave danger. Jake has to decide exactly how far he will go to help ...
Book 5
Jake is thrilled when a brand new wilderness trail opens at Musabi. It's a great chance to see the rare black rhinos that have just been relocated to the reserve! But when one of the rhinos is killed by poachers, the others become restless and hostile. Visitors are under threat and the whole reserve is faced with closure. Can Jake persuade his stepdad to set up a stake-out, and catch the poachers red-handed?
Book 6
Jake and Shani have won the chance to work on a conservation scheme for Ethiopian wolves! These rare and beautiful creatures are being brought close to extinction by the local community, who believe they are spreading rabies to local dogs. Suddenly everything goes horribly wrong, and Jake and Shani have a desperate fight on their hands to stop a rabies outbreak and save the wolves from being lost forever.