Rescue!: A Bindi Irwin Adventure

By Bindi Irwin and Jess Black

A fast-paced adventure series featuring The Jungle Girl herself! The stories are inspired and co-created by Bindi Irwin, daughter of the iconic wildlife expert, Steve Irwin. The series features the characters of Bindi, her brother Robert, mother Terri, and the Australia Zoo.

Rescue!: Book 2

Bindi and her friend Hannah uncover a threat to the endangered antelope of South Africa while on a horse trek.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Apr 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781402255182

Bindi Irwin

17-year-old Bindi Irwin is an international award-winning wildlife conservationist and celebrity who has inherited her father's passion for wildlife and wild places. Born to Wildlife Warriors Steve and Terri Irwin, Bindi was quite literally born on television! In 2007, Bindi launched her clothing range, Bindi Wear International, in Las Vegas, and that same year she was awarded two Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, Fave Aussie and Biggest Greenie. Also in 2005, Bindi launched her very own TV show, Bindi the Jungle Girl. Bindi won an Emmy in 2008 and was nominated for an Emmy again in 2009. Bindi has co-created a range of books called Bindi Wildlife Adventures which have been launched in Australia, New Zealand in 2010 and the US in 2011. Released early 2010, Bindi played the lead-role in her first full-length feature film, Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove and starred in her first cinema release film Return to Nim's Island in 2013! Bindi has dedicated her life to wildlife conservation and inspiring the next generation to make a difference in the world. She is a strong believer in kid empowerment and looks forward to spreading this message through her international filming work.

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Copyright © Random House Australia 2010

Cover photograph © Australia Zoo

Cover and internal design by Christabella Designs

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First published by Random House Australia in 2010.

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Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dear Diary

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Animal Fact File: The Springbok

Animal Fact File: The Giant Sable Antelope

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From the window in Hannah’s bedroom, Bindi watched in awe as dawn broke over a beautiful view of the African bush. Right out the front of the farmhouse was a giant baobab tree that Bindi was itching to climb. It had a really wide, gnarly trunk, which was so different from the skinny gum trees back home. She felt sure that from the top of that tree you would be able to see the whole country.

But climbing it would have to wait, because the trekkers had an early start. Hannah’s mum, Kirsten, ran a horse-trekking business called Trailblazers in Limpopo,