An Elephant In The Garden

Review

Praise for An Elephant in the Garden

"This is a handsome, very pickupable book. Brightly and informatively
jacketed, its text punctuated by lovely, fluid ink and wash illustrations by
Michael Foreman, it deserves a prominent place on school library bookshelves
and, if there is any justice in the world, in bookshops."
Guardian

"A thrilling and moving new novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a
very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The
Butterfly Lion!" Waterstones

"For readers aged eight and over, this captivating novel offers an insight
into how Hitler came to power, refracted through the gaze of the young
narrator."
Telegraph

"Following the stage success of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo returns with
another gem in his animals in war series, An Elephant in the Garden."
Telegraph

A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very
human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The
Butterfly Lion...

By the award-winning former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse.

Dresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karli's mother works at the zoo, where her
favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells
her that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot before
the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up, their mother moves her into the
back garden to save her... and then the bombs start to fall.

Their home destroyed, the whole family must flee the bombed-out city and
through the perilous, snow-covered landscape, all the while avoiding the
Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do,
without an elephant in tow..."