Avalanche Alert

Wild Rescue #7

by Jan Burchett, Sara Vogler, Diane Le Feyer (Illustrator)

Following an avalanche in the Himalayas, a snow leopard and her cub have been separated from their territory and forced to eat sheep from a nearby village in order to survive. But now the locals have plans to protect their livestock by poisoning the leopards! The twins must brave sub-zero temperatures and treacherous slopes to find the elusive cats and guide them to safety.

146 pages, Library Binding

First published October 4, 2010

About the author

AKA Grace Cavendish.

Reviews

[MarleyTheDragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book of adventure and animals. Fun for any animal loving kids.

[Carol Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This adventure story should appeal to kids who are "into" animals and love adventure. Zoe and Ben are a brother and sister who work for their Uncle Stephen, who runs an international wildlife-rescue mission and owns all sorts of cool technological gadgets. He sends them all over the world to save endangered animals, and in this story he has sent them to the Himalayas to save a snow leopard and her three cubs who are in danger of being poisoned by villagers whose have lost livestock to the leopards. We follow Zoe and Ben through every kind of danger ... from the danger of being eaten by the leopards themselves, being hunted by the villagers, to the danger of being killed by an enormous snow avalanche. Then there is also the matter of altitude sickness to contend with. The sentences are short and the adventure comes at you rat-a-tat. But on page 138, the authors have written "Moonlight shined down upon the snow" and that really bothered me. It should have been "Moonlight shone down".

[Libby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book series is amazing for younger readers who are animal-mad it captured my imagination when i was little and i would recommend that any young person reads this if they believe in animal conservation and animal welfare as much as i did at that young age because it sheds a light on the devastation facing animals in a less serious tone that children can understand.

[Jamarie Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really love this book

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 10 year old read it in 1 day. He loves this series.