Morpurgo, Michael

An elephant in the garden / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Michael Foreman - 232 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

It's 1944. Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favourite 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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Children's stories
Elephants --Fiction
Refugees --Fiction
World War, --1939-1945--Fiction
War stories

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