An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo

Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, load-bearing, indestructible, cheering – Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive. This is Lizzie’s story, but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Lizzie, a frail, aged nursing-home resident, relates to her nurse and the. Buy a discounted Paperback of An Elephant in the Garden online from Australias leading online.

Elizabeth and Karlis mother works at the zoo, where her favourite. Booktopia has An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo. A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war, for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The. Lizzie, her mother and an elephant from the zoo flee the Allied fire-bombing at the end of the Second World War.Įscaping the Allies’ advance from the West and the Russian armies from the East, this extraordinary trio of refugees meets an RAF officer who has bailed out of his aeroplane, a homeless school choir on the run from the Nazis and the American tanks appearing over the horizon. 9 - 12 Fiction, Animals, Michael Morpurgo. Some features have failed to load due to an internet. This deeply imaginative, gentle giant of a production transports us to the end of the Second World War, celebrating love in the face of hate.ġ945. Product details page for An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo is loaded. From multi award-winning writer Michael Morpurgo and the creators of Private Peaceful, An Elephant in the Garden returns to the stage in Bristol.