Duma: The Movie Novel

By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Book Overview

A boy and his cheetah Xan has always loved animals. At home on his parents' farm in South Africa, he has lots of pets, including a parrot, several lizards, and a snake. When he and his dad find a cheetah cub lost by the side of the road, they don't hesitate to add him to the family. They name the cub Duma, the Swahili word for cheetah, and Duma and Xan are soon inseparable. But when tragedy strikes, Xan is forced to come to terms with something his dad always told him: one day Duma would need to go home to the wild. Join Xan and Duma as they set off on an adventure-filled journey across the wilderness of southern Africa that will change both of them forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060774509
• ISBN13: 9780060774509
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: HarperFestival
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.3" x 5.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good adaption from the movie

Concise novelization from the movie with nice full color pictures in the middle. My twelve year old son, my mother and I really enjoyed the movie as well as this book. My mother also thought some of the foreign films like Duma are often more engaging than a lot of the stuff coming out of Hollywood.