Jackie Rhodes, a British girl living in Kenya with her family, discovers an ill animal called a Bushbaby. She adopts it, names it Murphy, and nurses it back to health. Murphy, Jackie, her family, and their friends go on many adventures involving wild animals, poachers, and more. But when Jackie's father is recalled to England, she must leave her life in Africa behind. However, before she can go, Jackie, Murphy, and Tembo—a friend of Jackie's father—embark on one last adventure: crossing the dangerous savannah to escape the poachers and corrupt police officers chasing them. Along the way, Jackie teaches the now-domesticated Murphy to survive in the wild so that, before she leaves, she can release him into his natural habitat.