num_pages: 256
description: Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa cant prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers which Booklist called a glorious adventure.Wilhelmina Silvers world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse her monkey and her best friend every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive?From the author of the witty inventively poetic Rooftoppers comes an utterly beautiful story thats sure to be treasured.
language: English
title: Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers