The Plumtree Diaries

"The Plumtree Diaries" is a revised and expanded memoir that recounts Gordon Wallis’s adventurous and transformative experiences as a fifteen-year-old at Plumtree School near the Botswana border in 1984. Filled with memorable characters, bold escape attempts, pranks, and personal moments, the book offers a warm, humorous, and poignant look at growing up in Zimbabwe during that era. This definitive edition provides richer detail and fresh stories, capturing the spirit of a school that profoundly shaped the author's life.