Thunder Cave is a young adult adventure novel by Roland Smith

Roland Smith

Roland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children.-Early life and education:...

, first published by Hyperion Books in 1995. It is the first of three books, being followed by Jaguar

Jaguar (book)

Jaguar is a young adult adventure novel by Roland Smith, first published by Hyperion Books in 1997. It is the sequel to the book Thunder Cave, ....

and The Last Lobo

The Last Lobo

The Last Lobo is a young adult adventure novel by Roland Smith, first published by Hyperion Books in 2001. It follows on from Thunder Cave and Jaguar.-Plot summary:...

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Plot summary

After the death of his mother, who dies in a fatal car accident, fourteen-year-old Jacob Lansa embarks on a journey across the globe to Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, to find his father. On his journey he meets a Maasai named Supeet whose goal is to bring the long rains. Supeet believes that Jacob is in Kenya for other reasons than to find his father, which bides true after an accident that could end the chance to bring the long rains.

Jeremiah Stokes book

Thunder Cave is also the title of an unrelated book by Jeremiah Stokes first published in 1932 and re-published in 1945. There is a recent up-dated and more culturally sensitive edition retold by Denise G. Jones. For example, the original title was Thunder Cave: The Thrilling Adventures of Giant Wigwah and the Two Little Colored Boys, Jasper and Zebbie. The newest version is Jeremiah Stokes' Thunder Cave (Millennium Edition) The Adventures of Jasper and Zebbie and the good Giant Wigwah. The treatment of the American Indians is less offensive than the one published in 1932 and 1945.