Running wild / Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Young
By: Morpurgo, Michael [author]
Contributor(s): Young, Sarah [author]
Language: English Publisher: London : HarperCollins Childrens Books, 2009Description: 347 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007267026Subject(s): Action and adventure fiction | Elephants -- Fiction | Jungles -- Indonesia -- Fiction | Vacations -- Fiction | Wilderness survival -- Fiction | Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction | Adventure fiction | Adventure storiesDDC classification: Fic. Summary: When 10-year-old Will's father dies in the Iraq war, his mother surprises him with a trip to Indonesia. She couldn't have known what awaited them both there. The first Will knows that anything is wrong is when Oona, the elephant he is riding along the beach, begins to spook. Then, suddenly, she takes off into the jungle with Will on her back. And that's when Will sees the tsunami come crashing in! With his mother almost certainly drowned, with nothing to cling onto but an elephant and nothing to help him but the clothes on his back, Will faces a terrifying future. But maybe the jungle, and Oona the elephant, will help him| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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When 10-year-old Will's father dies in the Iraq war, his mother surprises him with a trip to Indonesia. She couldn't have known what awaited them both there. The first Will knows that anything is wrong is when Oona, the elephant he is riding along the beach, begins to spook. Then, suddenly, she takes off into the jungle with Will on her back. And that's when Will sees the tsunami come crashing in! With his mother almost certainly drowned, with nothing to cling onto but an elephant and nothing to help him but the clothes on his back, Will faces a terrifying future. But maybe the jungle, and Oona the elephant, will help him
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