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Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others, but how can they walk the same route when they have an elephant in tow, and keep themselves safe? Along the way, they meet Peter, a Canadian navigator who risks his own capture to save the family.
As Michael Morpurgo writes in an author's note, An Elephant in the Garden is inspired by historical truths, and by his admiration for elephants, "the noblest and wisest and most sensitive of all creatures." Here is a story that brings together an unlikely group of survivors whose faith in kindness and love proves the best weapon of all.
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World War II, orphaned animals, elephants, juvenile fiction, animal refugees, WWII, historical fiction, Children's fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Elephants, fiction, Zoos, fiction, Germany, history, fiction, History, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Theatre, Zoos, Guerre mondiale (1939-1945), Roman pour la jeunesse, Enfants et animaux, Child and youth fictionPlaces
Dresden (Germany), Germany, DresdenTimes
Bombardment, 1945Showing 8 featured editions. View all 16 editions?
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Xan Elephant in the Garden
Aug 24, 2011, Harper Collins Promotion
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0007909640 9780007909643
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An elephant in the garden
2011, HarperCollins Chidlren's Books, Harpercollins Childs, HarperCollins Children's Books
in English
0007339585 9780007339587
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A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion! By the award-winning former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse. Dresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karli's mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals -- including the elephants -- must be shot before the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up, their mother moves her into the back garden to save her! and then the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed, the whole family must flee the bombed-out city and through the perilous, snow-covered landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do, without an elephant in tow!
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