Water for Elephants /
Edition statement:Large print edition. Published by : Large Print Press, (Detroit, Mich.,) Physical details: 561 pages ; 22 cm ISBN:9781594132001; 1594132003.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Large Print | W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | F GRU (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy: 1 | Checked out | 05/28/2024 | 2023-0097 |
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.
Book Sense Book of the Year, 2007
ALA Alex Award, 2007
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