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Jungle Jukebox Rescue

Jungle Jukebox Rescue

Ahmed, Aqeel

Paperback

General Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 1834230543
ISBN13: 9781834230542
Publisher: 978-1-83423-054-2
Published: Jul 29 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jungle Jukebox Rescue

Short Summary - Jungle Jukebox Rescue.

The two things DJ Nova loves most are mixing music and finding new sounds. Those two people meet ideally on a class trip to the Green Crown Reserve. The jungle is like a green ocean; trees sway, vines hang down, and birds sing happy songs. Nova rides in a safari car with her friends Siya, a photographer, and Felix, an expert in zoology who can tell the difference between animals based on their shadows.

Auntie Thandi, their guide, slowly moves the car along a dirt path. She says, Welcome to the heartbeat of the rainforest. Listen. The forest has its own band. Nova tilts her head and hears it: the thunderous steps that could be elephants, the high chimes of tree frogs, the wooden clacks of seed pods, and the wind talking inside big leaves.

Nova taps her knees with her fingers. She says, If I had a mixer, I'd mix it all together. Siya smiles and says, Your next single: 'The Jungle Jam.' She then takes a picture of the sun rising over the trees. He adds, Music also helps animals. Herds know the time. A rhythm is how frogs sing. Birds talk back and forth. Sound can lead, calm, or warn.

Auntie Thandi parks next to a huge kapok tree. The tree's roots rise up like walls, and on the dashboard, there's a surprise: a shiny wooden box with a speaker grill in the shape of a sunflower and a brass plate that says, Field Harmonizer-Property of Green Crown Reserve. Kind of like a jukebox, she says. Rangers play recordings of calls, songs, and soft lullabies to help during rescues or checkups. It doesn't force; it talks in a way that animals can understand.

Nova breathes, A jukebox in the jungle. There is a rhino shadow at the edge of the trees, lions yawning under thorns, parrots flashing like fireworks, and a river keeping time like a clock. She walks along the smooth wood and listens to its quiet hum. Siya raises her camera, and Felix thinks about how to learn the secret beat of every animal. They all feel a promise: if people pay attention and work together, even crazy problems can find a calm beat, and if needed, fear can be pushed aside by new songs. Today is the start of their Jungle Jukebox Rescue.


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