later that evening Darwin gets discovered after her roommate Sarah Wellington causes a food fight after he gets sent to the stables by Mrs. she gets a call from her parents who are still in Africa telling her that they lost track of Darwin. Rumors about Eliza's past spread through the school, but Eliza becomes more popular over the day. sixteen-year-old popular Debbie, being a materialistic girl who dislikes Africa, is upset and envious that she is not the one being sent away to London.ĭarwin, who is Eliza's "pet" chimpanzee and best friend, smuggles himself into her luggage and travels to school with her. Eliza is unhappy because she will no longer be able to view the imminent solar eclipse and will not be able to locate Tally. Eliza's persistent efforts to rescue the cub lead her British grandmother Cordelia (who is visiting them) to send her off to an English boarding school, as Cordelia believes that Eliza is constantly endangering herself in Africa and Eliza will be much safer in England. The cheetah mother, Akela, has left Eliza in charge of her cubs however, Eliza strays beyond the security of the area, and one of the cheetah cubs, Tally, is kidnapped by a poacher. Eliza has the magical ability to talk and communicate with wild animals.
The film begins with twelve-year-old Eliza Thornberry, playing with a family of cheetahs in East Africa, where her parents work as roving wildlife photographers for a television nature show.
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