| An Elephant in the Garden Contributor(s): Morpurgo, Michael (Author), Reade, Simon (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 1783191740 ISBN-13: 9781783191741 Publisher: Oberon Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Elephants |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 8.1" (0.20 lbs) 60 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 148352 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An Elephant in the Garden is Simon Reade's new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's best-selling children's novel. 1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother - and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping the Allies' advance from the West - and also the advancing Russian armies from the East - this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. It is Lizzie's story - but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing, indestructible, cheering - Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive. |