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248 pp.
| Farrar/Ferguson |
May, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-31237-4$16.99
(2)
4-6
Ten-year-old Hastin must endure the cruelty of his employer, a circus owner. Kelly crafts a layered, convincing tale of interspecies friendship as Hastin comes to understand his charge, Nandita, an elephant calf. A kind older man proves an ally in Hastin's quest to protect Nandita, but it is the bond between boy and elephant that will stick in readers' minds.