The magician's elephant
by Kate DiCamillo
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchenne encounters a fortune-teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Elephants, Missing children, Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Missing persons, New York Times bestseller, nyt:paperback_books=2011-11-19, Adventure stories, Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, Elephants, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Adventure fiction, Siblings, Large type books, Siblings, fiction, Aventures, Romans, Magie, Enfants disparus, Frères et soeurs, Orphelins, Éléphants, Mensonge, Frères et sœurs, Espérance, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Merveilleux, Enfants absents, nyt:paperback-books=2011-04-10, Ficción juvenil, Fantasía, Elefantes, Niños desaparecidos, Aventura y aventureros, Hermanos y hermanas, Huérfanos, Spanish language materialsShowing 6 featured editions. View all 33 editions?
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What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortune teller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchenne knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortune teller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead you there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be told by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes – hope and belonging, desire and compassion – with the lightness of a magician’s touch.
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