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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
Sheena, the little domestic black and white cat, wanders off on a new adventure in her native Africa, this time with two groups of meerkats who think the sun in the sky over their mound is the best for their important Sunwake ritual. Sheena encounters a scorpion with poison in its tail, a disagreeable honey badger, a family of porcupines, a lizard that changes color, Mondo the big cat who is a nasty fighter and hurts Sheena, water buffaloes, hyenas that run after one of the porcupines, and her good friend Mpole, the elephant, who helps save the day. Sheena does convince the two groups of meerkats to see that it is the same sun over both their home mounds and makes it back to her owner's campsite. She leaves Baragandi National Park in the back of their Land Rover as though nothing much had happened.
"The Meerkat Wars" is a wonderfully written animal fantasy that will enthrall readers and teach them about the animals and the topography of Africa. Sheena the cat and the other animal characters are totally believable while retaining their animal characteristics. The black and white illustrations are first-rate and help to convey the story, including the woundings and deaths of some of the animal characters without being maudlin. The map on pages 2 and 3, and the somewhat dark pictures in the table of contents add to the storyline with Sheena's picture featured at the beginning of each chapter. The plot proceeds well and each new adventure is incorporated well into the text. It is nice to have a first rate animal fantasy available to readers everywhere. A must purchase for libraries as well.
