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Lizzie's mother, a zookeeper, persuades the zoo director to allow Marlene, an orphaned elephant that has bonded with Lizzie and her younger brother, Karl, to be kept in their garden; when Dresden is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others but with an elephant in tow.
In 1944, Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is the elephant, Marlene. When the animals must be killed to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden.
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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
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An elephant in the garden
2011, HarperCollins Chidlren's Books, Harpercollins Childs, HarperCollins Children's Books
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0007339585 9780007339587
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Xan Elephant in the Garden
Aug 24, 2011, Harper Collins Promotion
paperback
0007909640 9780007909643
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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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