LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2014 - Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards 2014, 9-11 category Bat and his closest friend, Muka, are catapulted into a new life of unimaginable terror. Now memories of their village world feel so far away. Will the bond between elephant and child remain strong enough to save them?
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The Child's Elephant Synopsis
'I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heartwarming; an elephant book you won't forget' - Michael Morpurgo
When a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her. But Bat's grandmother explains that Meya cannot stay with them for ever - the call of the wild will always be sounding in her soul.
Then frightening rumours arrive at the village; rumours of kidnapping, suffering and war. Bat and his friend Muka are snatched, and catapulted into a new life of unimaginable terror. Will the bond between Bat and Meya strong enough to save them?
A thrilling, heartbreaking and beautiful novel from an exciting new voice in children's books, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
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9780552571142 |
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3rd April 2014 |
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Rachel Campbell-Johnston |
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Corgi Children's an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
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Paperback |
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385 pages |
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Press Reviews
Rachel Campbell-Johnston Press Reviews
I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heart-warming; an elephant book you won't forget. -- Michael Morpurgo
Rachel Campbell-Johnston's work is as vivid as it is moving. The Sunday Review
Lyrical, compelling and totally convincing ... a great new children's classic. -- Amanda Craig The Times, Saturday Review
A big and important story...that smoulders in the mind long after the final page. -- Annabel Pitcher Guardian
This beautifully written story is a new departure which draws on her (Rachel Campbell-Johnston's) original training as a zoologist. The Child's Elephant sings with a formidable talent, imagination and passion. -- Amanda Craig The Times, Saturday Review
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About Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic and poetry critic for The Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in modern and contemporary British poetry. Her first book, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer, was published to great acclaim in 2011. Rachel lives in the country with her family and an assortment of animals. The Child's Elephant is her first book for children.
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