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THE ELEPHANT GIRL
Ellen Banda-Aaku James Patterson
James Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship. In the spirit of modern classics like The One and Only Ivan, Pax, and A Song for a Whale, this heartfelt and richly drawn novel invites readers into a beautiful friendship between a lovable animal and child.
Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - twelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu, Swahili for seed.
When Mbegu's mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deathsone elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.
Inspired by true events and is based on many real-life instances of elephant poaching and subsequent rescue, The Elephant Girl is a moving exploration of the bonds between creatures and the power of belonging.
Ellen Banda-Aaku is an award-winning author and producer. She has lived, studied, and worked in Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia, and currently lives in the UK with her two children.
Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - twelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu, Swahili for seed.
When Mbegu's mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deathsone elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.
Inspired by true events and is based on many real-life instances of elephant poaching and subsequent rescue, The Elephant Girl is a moving exploration of the bonds between creatures and the power of belonging.
Ellen Banda-Aaku is an award-winning author and producer. She has lived, studied, and worked in Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia, and currently lives in the UK with her two children.
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Published 2022-07-01 by Little, Brown (US) |