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Spotting the Leopard
A leopard is loose on Papa’s land...
H.J. Harper would do anything for his older sister, Jessie. But what can he do, when she wants to become a veterinarian and their father won’t send her to college? Jessie is trapped, just like the leopard H.J. saw in the Oklahoma City Zoo. Then the leopard escapes. As it slowly makes its way toward the Harper fields, H.J. comes up with an idea to save the leopard and help Jessie fulfill her dream. But will it work?
H.J. Harper would do anything for his older sister, Jessie. But what can he do, when she wants to become a veterinarian and their father won’t send her to college? Jessie is trapped, just like the leopard H.J. saw in the Oklahoma City Zoo. Then the leopard escapes. As it slowly makes its way toward the Harper fields, H.J. comes up with an idea to save the leopard and help Jessie fulfill her dream. But will it work?
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1996
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October 17, 2020
This was an endearing story of a boy who befriends an escaped leopard and ends up helping his sister progress toward her goal of becoming a veterinarian in a time when women were to get married and raise children. Period. Very simply written but with more complex themes than you might expect.
January 25, 2015
A cute story.
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