"Mango Fever" is a captivating story that is suitable for children ages 9-12, who are interested in adventure stories. In this novel, we read about an eleven-year-old girl's attempt to rescue her friend from a tight spot. In the course of rendering assistance, Boti and four of her best friends get lost in the heart of a Cameroonian rainforest. They must not only face the usual perils that loom around a tropical forest as they struggle to hold on to their sacks of mangoes, but must accept the fact that their greatest danger comes from an unlikely source-the poachers!

The novel is filled...