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Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

Start date: October 1, 2023

Finish date: October 31, 2023

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What Members Thought

Sep 29, 2009 Vicky rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, animal-stories, setting-united-states, series-none, zz-cover-color-various, z-author-american-usa, z-author-american-central

I had to admit, I had no idea what this book was about when I picked it off of the popular book shelf at the library. All I know what that I was hearing about it EVERYWHERE. I started reading it one night, had to force myself to put it down so I could sleep, but picked it up as soon as I woke up the next morning!

In the midst of the Great Depression, after his parents both die in an accident, Jacob walks out on his Veterinary Exam and jumps on a moving train that turns out to belong to a travelli ...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Monica Albright rated it did not like it

I just couldn't get into this book...I liked parts, but there were too many characters with lack of story...and I wanted to like it. I wanted to be interested. But, I wasn't. Finished it because I felt I had to. ...more

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