Lou-Anne’s own library, full of friends who are always up to something.
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After a week of strong spring rain, Lou-Anne received a message from her Omi. The lake where Omi and Opi lived had risen so high, it spilled over into their beloved garden, turning it into a muddy,...
Lou-Anne’s 10th birthday was almost here, and the African Savannah was buzzing with excitement. Lou-Anne, of course, had no idea. She thought it was just another warm, sunny week: chasing...
It was a calm, sunny morning when Lou-Anne and her friends arrived at Omi and Opi’s house by the lake. The air smelled fresh after a night of soft rain, and the gentle waves sparkled in the...
The sun had just begun to peek over the tall grass when Lou-Anne woke up with butterflies in her tummy. Today was a special day. Not because it was anyone’s birthday, not because of a great...
The morning began strangely quiet. Lou-Anne noticed it first as she walked through the tall grass with Marmalade at her heels. Usually the Savannah buzzed with life. Birds sang from the acacia...
One evening, when the sky was turning deep blue and the first stars were beginning to twinkle, Lou-Anne sat outside Omi and Opi’s house with Marmalade curled in her lap. The air was soft and...
The lake beside Omi and Opi’s house looked rather different from the sparkling blue water Lou-Anne had imagined. It was brown. Not golden-brown like honey. Not warm brown like...
Lou-Anne’s eleventh birthday was only three days away when Omi telephoned with an invitation. “Why don’t you and your friends come to the lake for a little almost-birthday...
The day began with a wind so strong that it made the Savannah seem as though it had forgotten how to sit still. The tall grass bent and swayed in great golden waves. Leaves spun through the air, loose...
The sun was sinking behind the Savannah when Lou-Anne and her friends gathered beneath the old baobab tree. The sky glowed orange and pink, and the tall grass moved gently in the evening breeze....
Tomorrow, Lou-Anne would turn eleven. She knew this because the date was circled in green on Omi’s calendar. She knew it because Opi had whispered something to M’Pofo that morning and then...