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An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
Lizzie and Karl’s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don’t run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others, but how can they walk the same route when they have an elephant in ...more
Lizzie and Karl’s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don’t run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their garden instead. When the city is bombed, the family flees with thousands of others, but how can they walk the same route when they have an elephant in ...more
Lizzie shares her childhood experiences during World War Two. When Dresden was in danger of being bombed by the Allies, Lizzie's mother, who worked in the zoo, begged the director to allow her to save Marlene, a young elephant. The animals were supposed to be slaughtered when the bombs fell to prevent them from escaping. Mutti was determined to save Marlene's life since she had been with the elephant since her birth, and it had become like family to her. In the end, it was Marlene who saved the
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Oct 22, 2021
Becky Littlefield
marked it as to-read
