An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story

by Michael Morpurgo

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250034140
• ISBN13: 9781250034144
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Square Fish
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Short but surprising

I got this on a whim and have to say , it’s a short but fast read . Loves the story.