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The Child's Elephant
  • Published: 1 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552571142
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $19.99

The Child's Elephant

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2 May 2013
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1 Aug 2014
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The story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and an elephant, and their incredible survival against all the odds.

'I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heartwarming; an elephant book you won’t forget' - Michael Morpurgo

When a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her. But Bat's grandmother explains that Meya cannot stay with them for ever - the call of the wild will always be sounding in her soul.

Then frightening rumours arrive at the village; rumours of kidnapping, suffering and war. Bat and his friend Muka are snatched, and catapulted into a new life of unimaginable terror. Will the bond between Bat and Meya strong enough to save them?

A thrilling, heartbreaking and beautiful novel from an exciting new voice in children's books, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
  • Published: 1 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552571142
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Rachel Campbell-Johnston

Rachel Campbell-Johnston is the chief art critic and poetry critic for The Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in modern and contemporary British poetry. Her first book, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer, was published to great acclaim in 2011. Rachel lives in the country with her family and an assortment of animals. The Child's Elephant is her first book for children.

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Praise for The Child's Elephant

I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heart-warming; an elephant book you won’t forget

Michael Morpurgo

Rachel Campbell-Johnston's work is as vivid as it is moving

The Sunday Review

A compelling story which has its roots in reality, it is a real page-turner as the reader is anxious to find out what happens to the pair.

Parents in Touch

Lyrical, compelling and totally convincing . . . a great new children’s classic

The Times, Saturday Review

A big and important story . . . that smoulders in the mind long after the final page

Annabel Pitcher, Guardian

Pulls no punches . . . There’s a moving, almost spiritual ending

Independent on Sunday
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