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Cloudburst Teacher Resource

This engaging teacher resource based on Cloudburst by worldwide phenomenon Wilbur Smith, with the assistance of author and travel writer Chris Wakling, invites children to take an in-depth look at conservation, adventure writing, teamwork and betrayal.

Cloudburst is the first eco thriller in the Jack Courney Adventure series, which tells the story of the Courtney family and their escapades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. When the parents  are kidnapped by mercenaries, fourteen-year-old Jack and his friends take on the job of saving them.