Elephant's Girl
The elephant's girl
Celesta Rimington
- First edition.
- New York Crown Books for Young Readers 2020
- 324 pages 22 cm Hardback book.
The wind and the zoo -- The old country bank -- The Leighs -- Lexington -- Summer homework -- The gift of memory -- Nyah's words -- Thing that are old -- Fisher's plans -- Frank Bixly, general manager -- The trees -- Something lost -- The misplaced spirit -- Lost time -- The gift shop -- The train station -- Fisher tells Mrs. Leigh's tale -- Wind immersion -- Loose board -- Fugitives -- In the news -- Caught -- What Isabel knows -- The bus -- Sinking canoe -- Leaf in the wind -- The Fenn circus -- Wild eats -- Sorry -- Angus Fenn's donation -- What Roger keeps hidden -- Miss Amanda's memories -- Leaving -- Trailing Mr. Bixly -- On the run -- When earth and sky speak -- The unspoken words -- What friends do -- Found.
Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.