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Title:
Water for elephants : a novel
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Summary:
Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train and inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen's darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest show on earth. Jacob finds a place tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrainable elephant named Rosie. He also comes to know Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and wife of August, a charismatic but cruel animal trainer. Caught between his love for Marlena and his need to belong in the crazy family of travelling performers, Jacob is freed only by a murderous secret that will bring the big top down.
Year Published:
2006
Physical Description:
335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Awards:
Alex Award, 2007
ISBN:
9781565124998

9780002007771

9781443406284

9780006391555

9781565125605

9781443444897

9781443406291

9780340935286
Publisher:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 2006.

Toronto : HarperCollins, 2006.

Toronto : Harper Perenial, imprint of HarperCollins, 2007.

Toronto : Harper Perenial, imprint of HarperCollins 2011.

©2006