Lame Duck Protest

by Goldie Alexander
When Hanna and her younger sister Zoe find a duckling with a broken leg in a nearby park, they are determined to nurse it back to health. The local postman for thirty-five years, Reg Reid, is given the job of collecting all the townspeople’s stories.

But after doing so, they realise that an even greater threat to the duckling has appeared: someone wants to develop the park into a shopping centre!

The duck becomes the rallying point for the girls and their neighbours, who stage a Lame Duck Protest. But will they succeed? Will the duckling’s parkland home be preserved?

The book deals with issues of conservation and wildlife preservation in a touching way, and is accompanied by beautiful sketches and watercolour illustrations.

Publication date
  • April 28, 2015