An Elephant in the Garden is a book that was set in 2 different time periods with the first one being Dresden, Germany during the 2nd world war and the second part was set in present time in an old people’s home.
In the old people’s home there is an old lady called Elizabeth, a woman who looks after her at the home and her little boy.
During the war period the story is about Elizabeth (the lady in the old people’s home), her mum, her brother, and their pet elephant Marlene. Their Dad is at war.
During the war, there is a big bombing in Dresden so they all set of on a very long and tiring journey (except the dad). The brother has bad asthma and has to ride on Marlene's back. They stop at many different places including their uncle and aunts farm but they had already left because of the war.
They lived on the farm as there was plenty of food for Marlene. One day when they went into the barn there was a man lying on the ground so the mum went and got a metal rake to hurt him but then the daughter said to stop as he looked like a nice fellow.
Next they took him inside and the mum got him to tell her everything he knew. He was a soldier from the army that was bombing Dresden and he was from Canada. The mum said he can stay only if he protects them while on their journey.
At the end of the story after the war had finished Elizabeth and the Canadian soldier got married.
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That sounds like a book that I would get stuck into
ReplyDeleteSo its a elephant in a garden
ReplyDeleteit doesnt get better then that great book freya,good spelling i give it a 10 out of 10....