The Leopard Princess - The Adventures of Leora of the Rainforest
Laura Fairman-Powers
eBook
(United Publishing, June 11, 2013)
Let me introduce you to a new kind of heroine! Living in the beautiful rainforest in mysterious Africa, Leora is named Leopard Princess by the animals who love her. She was found in a basket as a baby by a leopard who was nursing small cubs at home. Leora is raised to age nineteen by her leopard mother and shown the secrets and ways of the jungle. During her childhood, Leora learns the language of not only the leopard but all the animals in her territory. In her adventures, she and her chimpanzee friend seek and find a human camp, observing them to find they are building a safari park. After Leora saves a human from an angry leopard, she finds him to be special in her life. David teaches her to speak English while he becomes a romantic interest. Leora shows David the importance of respecting the leopards’ territories in his animal park as well as other secrets of the rainforest so the animals will be happy. She will search her heart through the God she has come to know in dreams and will seek where she came from and who her parents were in this wonderful tale of love, loyalty, courage and faith told through Leora’s adventures. Great story for middle-school to adult readers. Includes a study guide.