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An edition of An Elephant in the Garden (2010)

Xan Elephant in the Garden

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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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Cover of: An Elephant in the Garden
An Elephant in the Garden
2013, Square Fish
paperback in English
Cover of: Eliffant yn yr Ardd
Eliffant yn yr Ardd
2013, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
in Welsh
Cover of: An Elephant in the Garden
An Elephant in the Garden
2012, HarperCollins Children's Books
in English
Cover of: An elephant in the garden
An elephant in the garden
2011, HarperCollins Chidlren's Books, Harpercollins Childs, HarperCollins Children's Books
in English
Cover of: An elephant in the garden
An elephant in the garden
2011, Galaxy
in English
Cover of: Loin de la ville en flammes
Loin de la ville en flammes
2011, Gallimard jeunesse
in French
Cover of: An elephant in the garden
An elephant in the garden
2011, Square Fish
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Xan Elephant in the Garden
Xan Elephant in the Garden
Aug 24, 2011, Harper Collins Promotion
paperback

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Open Library
OL27280140M
Internet Archive
elephantingarden0000morp_k4s3
ISBN 10
0007909640
ISBN 13
9780007909643
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0007909640

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September 8, 2023 Edited by Jayden Douglas Edited without comment.
March 12, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Merge works (MRID: 49721)
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