Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Elephant Run


by Roland Smith
Lexile: 750
Genre: Historical Fiction

It's 1941 and London is no longer safe for 14 year old Nick Freestone. His mother decides that the safest place for him is in Burma, with his father who runs a teak plantation. Shortly after Nick's arrival, he discovers that Burma is not a safe place as Japanese forces are attacking. His father is carried off to a work camp and Nick is left a prisoner in his own home. Will he and his father be able to survive the war?

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