Pepper Masalah and The Giant Bird (Pepper Masalah #2)
Written by Roseanne Hawke
Illustrated by Jasmine Berry
Published by Wombat Books
Pepper Masalah adventure series is based on a black cat called Pepper Masalah, a nine-year-old boy called Zamir and a flying carpet.
In the 3rd book in this series, Pepper Masalah and the Giant Bird, the ancient carpet is closer to finding Kashmir and flies over Afghanistan. A huge bird (the Simurgh from Persian folklore) whisks Pepper off the carpet and up to her nest of eggs, high on a mountain. The carpet is disorientated without Pepper and disappears after Zam falls off.
Zam makes the long climb to save Pepper before she becomes food for the birds huge chicks. Pepper makes a friend in the nest, a girl called Dana. A cobra comes to eat the eggs.
Pepper manages to save the eggs by telling the cobra riddles and winning the riddle game. But Pepper and Zam still need to find the carpet in order to get home to Australia.
Don’t miss the rest of the series! Explore:
- Pepper Masalah and the Flying Carpet (Pepper Masalah #1)
- Pepper Masalah and the Temple of Cats (Pepper Masalah #3)
- Pepper Masalah and the Disappearing Rope (Pepper Masalah #4)
- Pepper Masalah and the Kashmiri Princess (Pepper Masalah #5)
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Publication Date: May 2024
Available As: Paperback, eBook
Early Chapter Book, Age 06 or older
Community Represented: Indian/Indian American
Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration
Setting: Australia, Afghanistan
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation
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