Black Tusk

Black Tusk" is a young adult teen thriller fantasy novel taking place in the forests of the Congo. There is a unified village of chimps, gorillas, butterflies, bonobos, okapis, and black and white tusked elephants. Each animal has a role to help the Bondeko Village thrive. Assemblies are held to promote democracy. The welfare of this Bondeko Village will never be the same once the Poachers find out there is black ivory to be found and sold. The demand for the rare commodity of back ivory has never been higher. When the poachers terrorize and capture most of the black tusked elephants;a teenaged black tusked elephant, Lumumba, along with his friends, set off on a dangerous tumultuous journey to free his family and reunite his village. The aeclectic group consisting of a neurotic bonobo, goofy okapi, erratic gorilla, fearful chimp, and brave black tusked elephant will encounter numerous obstacles and hardships in the treacherous Congo forest. Will they receive enough help to achieve this insurmountable quest?