The child's elephant
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel2014
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When Bat, a young African herd-boy, stumbles upon an orphaned baby elephant, he takes her home and pledges to look after her. As Meya grows and learns, she becomes part of Bat's family, and is soon the joy of the entire village. But she can't stay with Bat for ever - she belongs to the wild, and with Bat's help she joins an elephant herd, roaming free on the plains. Bat returns to the gentle, peaceful rhythms of village life. But everything he knows is shattered when he and his best friend Muka are kidnapped and forced into the child army. They witness horrors and experience cruelties they never thought possible.
Main title:
The child's elephant / Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
Author:
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, author
Imprint:
London : Corgi, 2014.
Collation:
385 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2013.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780552571142 (pbk)0552571148
Dewey class:
823.9'2JJF
Local class:
YAFIC.JFJF
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
AfricaElephantsEndangered speciesChild soldiers
BRN:
556089
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