An Elephant in the Garden

An Elephant in the Garden - Michael Morpurgo

Categories: Kids, Ages 8-10
An Elephant in the Garden
By: Michael Morpurgo
Narrated by: Fiona Clarke
Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
Release date: 05-27-10
Language: English
Publisher's Summary
It’s 1944. 's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, 's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her….and then the bombs start to fall.
Their home destroyed, and her family must flee the bombed-out city and through the wintery landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough, without an elephant in tow….