The Elephant's Tale by Lauren St. John 221 pages

This conclusion to the Legend of the Animal Healer series features the same juvenile heroes, who set about solve a mystery to prevent evil, greedy outsiders from stealing the game reserve from Martine's grandmother. As in the other episodes, the two youngsters rely on each other. They have to this time because Martine's grandmother leaves them to fly to London and try to find a way out of her predicament. For it looks like her deceased husband might have signed the rights to her land to greedy developers. Not only is "the ranch" in trouble, but 20 elephants have disappeared and David Copperfield is not around anywhere! Like the other books, this is a gentle read starring spunky kids who don't give up and persevere to solve their problems.