The Child'S Elephant Av Rachel Campbell-Johnston

<p><i>''I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heartwarming; an elephant book you won’t forget'' - </i><b><i>Michael Morpurgo<br><br></i></b>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. <br><br>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?<br><br>A thrilling, heartbreaking and beautiful novel from an exciting new voice in children''s books, Rachel Campbell-Johnston.</p>