An Elephant in the Garden [electronic resource]
Morpurgo, Michael2010
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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... It's 1945. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok if the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her... and then the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed, Elizabeth and her family must flee the bombed-out city and through the wintery landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough, without an elephant in tow...
Main title:
An Elephant in the Garden [electronic resource] / Michael Morpurgo
Author:
Morpurgo, Michael, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 4-5
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children's Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
ISBN:
9780007352128
Language:
English
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BRN:
2755729
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