Paula Harrison’s The Amber Necklace is a Rescue Princesses adventure for 7 year olds about a shy princess who has to find her voice to save a family of lemurs.<\/p>\n
Every morning Princess Zina creeps out of the palace to leave fruit on the wall for the ring-tailed lemurs. The rainforest starts right outside the gate. Her friends Lily and Scarlett are coming to stay for the Ramova Carnival, and she can’t wait.<\/p>\n
The three of them are secretly Rescue Princesses. They’ve promised to help animals in trouble, they talk to each other through magic rings, and they know ninja moves.<\/p>\n
Then a truck crashes into the forest. A group of workers in yellow helmets start marking trees, ready to cut them down for a shortcut for the carnival floats. These are the tamarind trees, the only ones that feed the lemurs all year round.<\/p>\n
Zina tries to tell her mum and dad. They’re far too busy choosing banquet menus to listen (roast lamb or chicken pie?). So it’s up to the princesses, and a baby lemur who’s been left behind.<\/p>\n
Zina is quiet and a bit shy, which makes her lovely to follow. Her cheeks go hot every time she has to speak up to a grown-up. When she finally stands in front of the workers and explains why the trees matter, you really feel her nerves.<\/p>\n
Her friends balance her out nicely. Scarlett chatters nonstop and would rather climb trees than talk. Lily is the crafty one, and she’s even sewn them all ninja outfits.<\/p>\n
There’s lots of real lemur detail folded in too. Did you know ring-tailed lemurs hold their tails straight up while they look for food so nobody gets lost?<\/p>\n
And then there’s Zina’s necklace. Her grandma gave her the amber jewel, and it seems to whisper whenever she’s in the forest. What could that mean?<\/p>\n
It isn’t the girls’ first adventure (they’ve already rescued an otter and a baby kangaroo), but everything you need is explained along the way.<\/p>\n
If your reader wants more magic and more animals whose home is in danger, try The Baby Firebird. Talia lives beside a hidden valley of firebirds with tiny flames on their wings, and she’s just been given a stone that lets her talk to magical creatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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