Jero’s Journey  (English, Paperback, Abhishek Verma)

Every year over a million wildebeest, march in tandem to cover thousands of kilometres through the unending plains of Serengeti. It is a perilous journey, where they must brave disease, cross crocodile-infested rivers, and stave off hunger. After all that, they return to the same place they started, Ngorongoro valley, where after a brief rest they start the journey again next year. It is the circle of life. One such wildebeest is young and curious Jero, whose dreams and questions are bigger than her tiny frame. She wants to see the world, she wants to lead the migration, she wants to be the hero - she wants it all. Along with her two friends - strong and noble, Fala and nervous and unsure, Nemy; she wants an adventure filled life. A cruel twist of fate may just make her wish come true and it will be nothing like she had expected. Jero’s Journey is a relentless adventure through the breathtaking landscape of Serengeti filled with encounters with interesting characters like paranoid ostriches, an over friendly zebra, the wise giraffe, elephants, hippos, rhinos and many others. On a journey where danger lurks at every turn, Jero will be faced with hard challenges and harder decisions. In order to survive and lead she must battle the foes of predators, famines, rivers on the outside as well as overcome the ones that are on the inside - fear, doubt and self-centeredness. Jero must learn that in order to lead the herd, she must not guide it, but be guided by it.