This is the story of Jessica Parker, a young girl who -- against all odds -- fulfills her self-chosen mission to free a circus troupe of wild animals and take them back to their birthplace in Africa. Our heroine's exhilarating adventure takes her from England to the remotest jungles of Central Africa, from where she makes her way, alone, back to Western civilization. Hers is a fable filled with compassion, courage, and determination; and demonstrates the bonds that can be forged between a human being and the wildest of wild animals.