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Nguyen, Trang , Zdung, Jeet

Saving H'non: Chang and the Elephant

128 pp. | Dial | October, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9780593406731 $23.99 | Paper ISBN 9780593406724 $13.99 | Ebook ISBN 9780593406748 $8.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Jeet Zdung. Chang, the plucky wildlife conservationist from Saving Sorya (rev. 1/22), returns with a new animal-rescue mission near Yok Don National Park in Vietnam. In this volume, Chang and her colleagues rescue and rehabilitate H'Non, a sixty-year-old Asian elephant--voi in Vietnamese. H'Non was captured when young and made to work in an "elephant-riding" business where the creatures are exploited for profitable interactions with tourists (graphic illustrations portray the violent mistreatment that H'Non and the other voi experience). Chang works for a nonprofit foundation that offers an alternative "elephant-friendly" experience where nature-loving tourists can observe rescued elephants in more natural settings. The emotional story of H'Non's recovery is conveyed through detail-packed illustrations: dynamic comic panels; delicate, multipage paintings of elephants; and field notebook style doodles and anecdotes. Chang details her encounters with animals and plants throughout the National Park, the people in her organization and the nearby communities, and the voi, building a complex portrait of the sometimes destructive, sometimes harmonious interactions between humans and nature. Appended notes provide further details.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2023

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