Set in the mountains of Bhutan, The Last Snow Leopard is a powerful story about the special connection between an endangered animal and a girl trying to save her family. Twelve-year-old Emma's father is a UN Special Peace Adviser and hardly ever home, and when he does return he's at war with her older brother Harley. Emma is struggling to hold her family together and to find the courage to say what she really feels, so when her dad has to go to Bhutan for his job, Emma surprises herself by convincing him to take her and Harley with him. But as soon as they arrive Emma has an extraordinary encounter with a snow leopard that changes everything...An epic adventure begins and somehow Emma knows that saving the snow leopard is the only way to save her family...

Author Biography

Sarah Lean grew up in Wells, Somerset but now lives in Dorset with her husband, son and dog. She has worked as a page-planner for a newspaper, a stencil-maker and a gardener, amongst various other things. She gained a first class English degree and became a primary school teacher before returning to complete an MA in Creative and Critical Writing with University of Winchester. A Dog Called Homeless was her first novel.