London schoolboy Ben is heading for Kenya to meet his Maasai family. But how is an outsider like him going to fit in? When he meets his cousin Kip, he discovers they share more than he thought - if only Ben can keep up . . . Together, the boys must survive the African savannah: hunt for food, defend elephants from poachers - and even face the king of the beasts. Does Ben have what it takes to be a twenty-first-century warrior?

Virginia Clay is a British children's author and teacher based in Kenya. She studied English before working as an actor in London and later moving to Kenya in 2010. Her love of Kenya, its people and wildlife inspired her debut novel, Warrior Boy, which was shortlisted for the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition. Virginia enjoys writing stories that inspire children to explore, face their fears and discover where they belong.