The Child's Elephant

an elephant book you won’t forget' - Michael MorpurgoWhen a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her.

''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.

• | Author: Rachel Campbell-Johnston
• | Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
• | Publication Date: Apr 03, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780552571142
• | ISBN-10: 0552571148