While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

From the Publisher: The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister-the children of Zimbabwe's chief of security-have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare.

A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.

A child living near the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe encounters several wild animals on her way to school.

Mufaro's beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

"When a lion cub named Simba is born, his father, King Mufasa, introduces him to the beautiful Pride Lands he will one day rule. But when Mufasa is killed unexpectedly, young Simba blames himself. Unable to face his family, he runs away, leaving the Pride Lands under the rule of his evil uncle, Scar. Years later, the young prince must make a choice. Will he reclaim his homeland or turn his back on the kingdom in its darkest hour?"--