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Elephant run / Roland Smith. |
| Authors: | Smith, Roland, 1951- |
| Call number: | jFIC SMI |
| Publisher: | New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007. |
| Publication date: | c2007. |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma -- Fiction.
Prisoners of war -- Fiction. Elephants -- Fiction. Juvenile literature. Burma -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. |
| Title: | Elephant run / Roland Smith. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 318 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Summary note: | Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. |
| Awards note: | (IMCPL) <U+2013> Summer Reading Program Bonus Books & Materials 2010. A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 1423104021 (reinforced) : 9781423104025 (reinforced) : |
| LCCN: | 2007013310 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1118825 |
| Bib No.: | 1118825 |