{"product_id":"9781783191741","title":"An Elephant in the Garden","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn Elephant in the Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Morpurgo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elephant in the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is Simon Reade’s new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling children’s novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother – and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEscaping the Allies’ advance from the West – and also the advancing Russian armies from the East – this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is Lizzie’s story – but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing, indestructible, cheering – Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781783191741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40773938905294,"sku":"9781783191741","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fcb78661-577e-413b-bf65-5f87e4c13286.jpg?v=1642141203","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781783191741","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}