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A thrilling and moving new novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion! It's 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lizzie: The old lady whose story this becomes. Most of the novel is told from her perspective, as she relates the account of her 16-year-old self.
- Karli: Lizzie's younger brother.
- The nurse and mother: The other 1st person narrator who frames Lizzie's tale
- Karl: The young son of the nurse, who inspires Lizzie to tell her story
- Marlene: The elephant
First Sentence edit
To tell the truth, I don't think Lizzie would ever have told us her elephant story at all, if Karl had not been called Karl.
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