{"product_id":"an-elephant-in-the-garden","title":"An Elephant In The Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for An Elephant in the Garden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a handsome, very pickupable book. Brightly and informatively\u003cbr\u003ejacketed, its text punctuated by lovely, fluid ink and wash illustrations by\u003cbr\u003eMichael Foreman, it deserves a prominent place on school library bookshelves\u003cbr\u003eand, if there is any justice in the world, in bookshops.\"\u003cbr\u003eGuardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thrilling and moving new novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a\u003cbr\u003every human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The\u003cbr\u003eButterfly Lion!\" Waterstones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For readers aged eight and over, this captivating novel offers an insight\u003cbr\u003einto how Hitler came to power, refracted through the gaze of the young\u003cbr\u003enarrator.\"\u003cbr\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Following the stage success of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo returns with\u003cbr\u003eanother gem in his animals in war series, An Elephant in the Garden.\"\u003cbr\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very\u003cbr\u003ehuman war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The\u003cbr\u003eButterfly Lion...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the award-winning former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karli's mother works at the zoo, where her\u003cbr\u003efavourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells\u003cbr\u003eher that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot before\u003cbr\u003ethe town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up, their mother moves her into the\u003cbr\u003eback garden to save her... and then the bombs start to fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir home destroyed, the whole family must flee the bombed-out city and\u003cbr\u003ethrough the perilous, snow-covered landscape, all the while avoiding the\u003cbr\u003eRussian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do,\u003cbr\u003ewithout an elephant in tow...\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273198993691,"sku":"9780007339587","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/9780007339587.jpg?v=1771449465","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.ie\/products\/an-elephant-in-the-garden","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}