Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, & heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, & hope” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, & her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold & Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions & 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 ofRooftoppers, whichBooklistcalled “a glorious adventure,” comes an utterly beautiful story that’s “a treasure of a book” (VOYA).°°°Katherine Rundellis the internationally bestselling author ofImpossible Creatures. Her other books for children includeRooftoppers,Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms,The Wolf Wilder,The Explorer, andThe Good Thieves. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, & London, & is currently a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. For adult readers, Rundell has writtenVanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered CreaturesandSuper-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won theBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She was the recipient of theBritish Book Award for Book of the Year & Author of the Year. Her other adult book isWhy You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old & Wise. Rundell writes occasionally for theLondon Review of Books,the Times Literary Supplement&the New York Times.