num_pages: 246
description: For fans of The One and Only Ivan and Hoot  this is the uplifting story of a girl who discovers a family of panthers that were thought to be extinct and her journey to save the species. Eleven-year-old Kiri has a secret: wild things call to her. More than anyone else she s always had a special connection to animals. But when Kiri has an encounter with the last known Florida panther her life is quickly turned on end. Caught between her conservationist father who wants to send the panther to a zoo and the village poachers who want to sell it to feed their families Kiri must embark on a journey that will take her deep into the wilderness. There has to be some way to save the panther and for her da and the villagers to understand each other. If Kiri can t figure out what it is she ll lose far more than the panthers she ll lose the only home she s ever known and the only family she has left. 
language: English
title: The Last Panther
publisher: Delacorte Press