A Circle of Elephants: A Companion Novel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781368016582)

From the author of What Elephants Know, a 2017 ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, comes this stunning companion novel about the complex relationship between people and nature coexisting in the Borderlands of 1970s Nepal.

Thirteen-year-old Nandu lives in the newly established Royal Elephant Breeding Center on the edge of the jungle. Here, the King's elephants are to be raised under the protective watch of the stable. Nandu-along with his adoptive father Subba-sahib, his mentors, friends, and the rest of the elephant drivers-is tested by man and nature as earthquakes, drought, wild herds, and rumors of poachers threaten the Center.

When Nandu's world is thrown into turmoil, so, too, is the world of Hira Prasad, the Center's powerful bull elephant. An unbreakable bond of brotherhood drives Nandu and Hira Prasad together as they struggle to maintain the delicate natural order of life in the Borderlands.

Dinerstein's poetic prose and scientific expertise come together in this breathtaking tale that transports the reader to the center of dangerous conflicts and heartbreaking friendships.

Author: Eric Dinerstein
ISBN-10: 1368016588
ISBN-13: 9781368016582
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2019
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509099 / Circle of Elephants


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018 pg. 87
Booklist 12/01/2018 pg. 59
School Library Journal 12/01/2018 pg. 74
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2019 pg. 203