The Elephant's Girl
(Sprache: Englisch)
A magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life.
An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as...
An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as...
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A magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life.An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as a toddler, she was dropped in a nearby Nebraska zoo, where an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her family, Lex grew up at the zoo with her foster father, Roger; her best friend, Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear.
Years later, Nyah sends Lex a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo. Soon, Lex is wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts, lost treasure, and a puzzle that might be the key to finding her family. Can Lex summon the courage to discover who she really is--and why the tornado brought her here all those years ago?
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1The Wind and the Zoo
The wind and I have a complicated relationship.
Because of the wind, I m the girl without a birthday, without a name, without a beginning to my story. See, the wind took my family away when I was small, and I don t remember them or where I came from.
I ve tried asking the wind for my family back, but it isn t a very good listener. It does most of the talking. It whispers things only I can hear, reminding me that ghosts are real and elephants can speak. But even though I can hear the wind s words, and even though it follows me around and tries to give me advice, the wind can never make up for taking my family away. The way I figure it, the wind owes me big.
At least it left me in a place where I could have a home. Roger Marsh, the zoo s train engineer, found me in the Lexington Zoo after the biggest storm Nebraska had seen in nearly four decades. I ve been here with Roger ever since.
A few things happen when I tell visitors that I live in the zoo. First, they laugh a little. It s usually one of those brief, explosive laughs. But after a while, they realize I m not kidding. Then comes the following in this order:
1. They stop laughing.
2. They look me up and down.
3. Time passes like a snail while they consider whether or not I m a rare breed of monkey.
I don t know who my parents are, but I m definitely not a rare breed of monkey. And despite the Elephant Girl chant the kids at Lexington Elementary repeated when I used to go there, that s not who I am either.
Roger was checking the zoo s train tracks for damage when he found me. He had some help, though. He says a ghost saw me wander into the elephant habitat after the tornado hit the city, and the ghost showed him where to find
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me.
Roger, who clearly believes in ghosts, thinks I might have been five when I showed up at the zoo. And since I ve lived here for seven years, we ve decided I m twelve.
He named me Lexington.
2
The Old County Bank
The zoo train is a genuine Union Pacific steam locomotive, so running it is a bigger job than you might think. Sometimes, I help Roger in the train shed when he maintains old Engine 109. He s taught me about the tools he uses. I even try to hand him what he needs, although the wrenches used to tighten bolts on a steam train are half as tall as me. I also help Roger by taking tickets, cleaning picnic tables, and sitting in the caboose to give the train speech. He has a fireman who shovels the coal and fills the boiler, and he has a part-time locomotive crew, but Roger says I give the best train speech.
Today is the first day of summer vacation for my friend Fisher, though, so I m going to need the day off.
Hey, Roger, I call to him from the staircase, waving my borrowed copy of Island of the Blue Dolphins at him. Roger looks up from his latest book and oatmeal. He s reading a psychology book this time, which is a weird change from his usual history choices. He has to shift in his chair to see me.
The living room between us is taller than it is wide, and Roger s place at the kitchen table is partly hidden behind what used to be a bank teller s counter. The engineer s residence at the Lexington Zoo was a county bank in 1907.
Roger s eyes widen when he sees the book in my hand. The constant creases across his suntanned forehead fold up in deeper lines when he does this, and his teeth flash white when he smiles. You finished it?
Yep. This was my last assignment from Mrs. Leigh to
Roger, who clearly believes in ghosts, thinks I might have been five when I showed up at the zoo. And since I ve lived here for seven years, we ve decided I m twelve.
He named me Lexington.
2
The Old County Bank
The zoo train is a genuine Union Pacific steam locomotive, so running it is a bigger job than you might think. Sometimes, I help Roger in the train shed when he maintains old Engine 109. He s taught me about the tools he uses. I even try to hand him what he needs, although the wrenches used to tighten bolts on a steam train are half as tall as me. I also help Roger by taking tickets, cleaning picnic tables, and sitting in the caboose to give the train speech. He has a fireman who shovels the coal and fills the boiler, and he has a part-time locomotive crew, but Roger says I give the best train speech.
Today is the first day of summer vacation for my friend Fisher, though, so I m going to need the day off.
Hey, Roger, I call to him from the staircase, waving my borrowed copy of Island of the Blue Dolphins at him. Roger looks up from his latest book and oatmeal. He s reading a psychology book this time, which is a weird change from his usual history choices. He has to shift in his chair to see me.
The living room between us is taller than it is wide, and Roger s place at the kitchen table is partly hidden behind what used to be a bank teller s counter. The engineer s residence at the Lexington Zoo was a county bank in 1907.
Roger s eyes widen when he sees the book in my hand. The constant creases across his suntanned forehead fold up in deeper lines when he does this, and his teeth flash white when he smiles. You finished it?
Yep. This was my last assignment from Mrs. Leigh to
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Autoren-Porträt von Celesta Rimington
Celesta Rimington is the author of The Elephant's Girl and Tips for Magicians, as well as an elephant advocate, a musical theater performer, and an active participant in her local writing community. As a teenager, she worked at a zoo in Omaha, which is part of the reason she set her story in Nebraska. She now lives in Utah with her husband and two children, where they have a miniature railroad with a rideable steam train.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Celesta Rimington
- Altersempfehlung: 8 - 12 Jahre
- 2021, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13 x 19,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593121252
- ISBN-13: 9780593121252
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Winner of the 2020 Reading the West Book Award!"Well-rounded, often mischievous human characters. . . . Readers will eagerly accompany [Lex]." Booklist
"Poignant. . . . An already engaging tale of life at a zoo turns into a mystery . . . [and] a bittersweet ending completes the story's magic and mystery." Kirkus Reviews
"Skillfully paced with just the right amount of tension, this offers a thoughtful look at how our past shapes our present, and how, similarly, memory is shaped by our current circumstances." The Bulletin
"This story of friendship includes magical realism, mystery, and adventure that is sure to capture young readers attention. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo." School Library Journal
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