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DiCamillo, Kate

The Magician's Elephant

202 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4410-9 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka. In a fictional Old World city, Peter searches for his sister, instructed by a fortuneteller to "follow the elephant." The book's theme is the triumph of hope over despair, as Peter's idea that the "world is broken" gives way to a belief in possibility. DiCamillo's prose is remarkable in this allegorical and surreal novel.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2009

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