Thunder CaveDetermined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya. Roland Smith is the author of Zach's Lie, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Cryptid HuntersThunderCave JaguarThe Last Lobo and Sasquatch. He lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with his wife Marie, who also writes children's books. |
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... spear shaft , but from where the Masai stood they must have seen only the tip of the spear point , which was like looking straight at the edge of a razor blade . In other words , they couldn't see the spear at all . As Supeet made his ...
... spear shaft , but from where the Masai stood they must have seen only the tip of the spear point , which was like looking straight at the edge of a razor blade . In other words , they couldn't see the spear at all . As Supeet made his ...
Page 164
... spear in front of him . I looked at the morans . They stood with their mouths open , flabbergasted , too shocked to speak . To them it must have looked like Supeet appeared from out of thin air . The Masai to my right very carefully and ...
... spear in front of him . I looked at the morans . They stood with their mouths open , flabbergasted , too shocked to speak . To them it must have looked like Supeet appeared from out of thin air . The Masai to my right very carefully and ...
Page 167
... spear and swung it at the snake . The spear's sharp blade sliced through its body easily and the two parts writhed for a few moments before lying still . Supeet held his face in his hands . " What 167 THUNDER CAVE.
... spear and swung it at the snake . The spear's sharp blade sliced through its body easily and the two parts writhed for a few moments before lying still . Supeet held his face in his hands . " What 167 THUNDER CAVE.
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