Dianne Hofmeyr
Список книг автора Dianne HofmeyrOliver Strange and the Forest of Secrets
A third book in the series following Oliver Strange’s journeys into the most wild and intriguing places on earth!
In the Amazon jungle of Colombia Ollie has to face not only the threat of anacondas and jaguars and the most poisonous frog on earth, but the dark world of drug dealers and finally a challenge that tests his nerve to the utmost. In an Embera village Ollie and Zinzi meet a strange boy who can speak English. Then guerrilla fighters come in search of the boy, whom they believe has a hidden treasure of ancient Embera gold. The boy, Fabio, convinces Ollie and Zinzi to help him protect the gold, as well as rid the jungle of the guerilla fighters, who are part of a coca farming gang.
Oliver Strange and the Ghosts of Madagascar
A modern day pirate story . . . Oliver Strange is helping his father collect frog data in Madagascar when he and his friend, Zinzi, come across a strange laboratory and a girl held captive. Then his father disappears. While searching for clues, Oliver and Zinzi discover more than frogs, lemurs and giant boas lurking in the trees. The forests are filled with ghosts of the past, when pirates plundered the coast. They uncover a dark secret that could rip the heart out of the forest. Not just Oliver’s father, but all of them are in grave danger. Will they escape? Or will they too become ghosts of Madagascar?
Oliver Strange and the Journey to the Swamps
Oliver Strange’s life in London is all very normal until his father disappears in the wilds of the Okavango Swamps while collecting frog data. When Oliver goes in search of his dad, he is captured and things go from bad to worse. He soon discovers his knowledge of reading maps and his Swiss Army knife are not enough when faced with crocodiles, hippos, lions and dynamite-brandishing crooks with a sinister goal – to collect venom from the most poisonous frog of all – the golden poison dart frog, found only in Colombia. Oliver is faced with not only saving his father – but perhaps the whole world.