An Elephant in the Garden
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1944. Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her. And then the bombs start to fall...
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PUBLISHED
New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 199 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 890
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312593698
0312593694
SUBJECTS
Elephants -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Fiction.