Things I learnt in the forest: Best Books for class reading
Jayne Bauling
Publisher: Best Books
ISBN: 9781776073894
When Thoko and her mom moves from the city to a plantation in Mpumalanga, she is totally out of her comfort zone. There is no mall in sight and she has to take a taxi with the other kids from the plantation to school. She feels like such an outsider. At least Pabi seems to like her enough to invite her on a bike ride with Cal, the quiet boy. Thoko is mesmerised by the beauty of the forest, but someone is hurting the animals ...