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Water for elephants : a novel

Summary: A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.

Item details

ISBN: 9781616200701
ISBN: 1616200707
ISBN: 9781565125605
ISBN: 1565125606
Physical Description: print
350 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007.
Copyright: ©2006

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Contains interview with author and book-group discussion questions.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.4 14.0 113833.

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