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The White Giraffe

Lauren St. John (2007)

SubgenreMiddle Grade Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesWhite Giraffe #
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads4.03
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death of ParentFireGrief

Positive tags

Found FamilyHealing ArcHeartwarmingAdventureFriendship

Heroine archetypes

OrphanComing-of-Age Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistFish out of Water

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterFound FamilyMentor FigureMythical Creature CompanionNon-Western Setting

Themes

Grief and LossHealingHuman-Animal BondConservationFinding HomeCultural AdaptationMagic in Nature

Synopsis

After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.

Tags

Animal FantasyMagical RealismContemporary FantasyAfrican Setting