The Lion Cub's Secret

Imagine rescuing a lion cub . . . After Martine saves an orphaned lion cub from a market, she dreams of keeping it at Sawubona forever. Then she learns that Tau, the cub, already has a home. He''s been stolen from one of South Africa''s most famous game reserves. When Martine and her best friend Ben are invited to volunteer at Marula Wilderness Lodge to help settle Tau in, they leap at the chance. But behind Marula''s glamorous facade, all is not what it seems. Once Ben and Martine start asking questions, they''re drawn deeper and deeper into the deadliest adventure of their lives. Lauren St John''s White Giraffe series has become internationally beloved. This is the perfect time to discover - or rediscover - this bestselling series.

About the author

Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, dogs, cat, warthogs, and a giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe and One Dollar Horse series, and standalone novels, The Snow Angel and The Glory.

Her latest books are Finding Wonder. Wave Riders and the Wolfe & Lamb Mystery series.

Kat Wolfe Investigates won the 2019 CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children, and Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mystery series, was the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year.

A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an Ambassador for the Born Free Foundation, a Patron of Mane Chance Animal Sanctuary, and the founder of Authors4Oceans. When not writing or saving leopards and dolphins, she is a full-time valet to her cats, Skye and Teddy.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren St John
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 9
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 09.10.2025
• EAN: 9781510113848
• ISBN: 978-1-5101-1384-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The White Giraffe Series
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Republic of South Africa, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Africa, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc