Kitty doesn't expect to have an exciting holiday. After all, it's Nyae Nyae, a remote area of northern Namibia, miles from her London home. But Kitty makes an unexpected friend in Bau and dreams of finding diamonds with the help of a secret map left by her grandfather. But she is not the only one searching for diamonds, and some people will go to any lengths to find them.

Hodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating, contemporary adventure and action stories which attract the reader's attention and hold it through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and attractive supplementary readers series for African schools.