An Elephant in the garden by Michel Morpurgo

An Elephant in the garden is a dramatic, but exiting book set at the time of WW2. The story is told by Lizzie. She tells it to a boy called Karl and his Mum. Lizzie is at a old peoples care home and Karl's Mum is a nurse there. Lizzie loves telling her story but only Karl and his Mum believes it. The story is set in Germany, and is all about how Lizzie's family escape from the American bombing of Dresden with the help of a young elephant. The elephant called Marlene was from Dresden zoo, Lizzie's family were taking care of the elephant in their garden. I loved this book, I thought the setting of it is supperb. My family made me read it because they had all read it themselves and said that it was a great story! RJB