The Great Elephant Chase - Hardcover

Cross, Gillian

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9780192716729: The Great Elephant Chase

Synopsis

The elephant was to change Tad's life. It was to involve him and his friend, Cissie, in a chase that led from Pennsylvania, down the Ohio River, up the Mississippi, and into Nebraska, by train, flatboat and steamboat.

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About the Author

Other publications by Gillian Cross include The Dark Ground, Calling a Dead Man, Wolf, and The Demon Headmaster series. She is also the winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize.

Review

`A rollicking adventure of a book . . . that will leave you breathless. ' Daily Telegraph

`a wonderful book...the writing is so good that you don't even notice it ' Sunday Telegraph

`It's damn good storytelling ' Bookseller

`a beautifully-paced story...an exciting, genuinely rewarding adventure ' The Guardian

`an undoubted classic ' Sunday Times

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