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121) Orphan eleven
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In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.
122) One amazing elephant
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Loving her family but disliking the circus that is her grandparents' life, Lily is devastated when her grandfather passes away, a loss that leads her to develop an unexpected bond with her grandfather's equally grieving elephant.
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"While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical. But when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen!"--Publisher's description.
Rosie est déterminée à voler. Mais Gérald l'éléphant sait très bien que c'est impossible. Rosie a beau essayer du mieux qu'elle peut, elle ne parvient qu'à sauter sur place! Et si quelqu'un pouvait l'aider... mais qui? Rosie sera-t-elle en mesure de prouver à son ami Gérald...
126) Twenty-one elephants
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Eight-year-old Hannah, upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlists the help of P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants to prove to her father and all of Brooklyn that the bridge is safe.
127) The shadow elephant
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A gloomy elephant that wants to be left alone in the shadows ignores other animals' efforts to cheer him, until a mouse asks to rest near him and shares her story of loss.
128) Five minutes' peace
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Mrs. Large tries to take a peaceful, relaxing bath but her family has other ideas.
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Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity in Coney Island. These are matters of historical fact. Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted. Brace yourself for a wrenching journey that...
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"Qui n'aime pas jouer à faire semblant? Apparemment, Gérald. Lorsque Rosie décide qu'elle n'est plus un cochon mais une grenouille, son ami est contrarié et frustré. Même si Rosie essaie de produire ses plus beaux coassements, Gérald n'arrive pas à accepter que son amie soit maintenant une grenouille. Rosie parviendra-t-elle à lui faire découvrir la magie de l'imagination?"--Amazon.com.
Piggie introduces his reluctant friend,...
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"In 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story,...