The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

Beschreibung

A thrilling debut, rich in the joyous adventure of friendship, flight and righting wrongs. The first of four stories in an electrifying jungle adventure series!<BR><BR>Longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize, 2021. Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for January 2020.<BR><BR>THIEF. REBEL. BANDIT. HERO?<BR><BR>Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the Sri Lankan jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk.<BR><BR>Will stealing the queen's jewels be the beginning or the end of everything for the intrepid gang?

Can Chaya leave village a thief but return a hero?<BR><BR>Have you read these exhilarating escapades in the series?<BR>- The Boy Who Met a Whale<BR>- The Girl Who Lost a Leopard<BR>- The Boy Who Saved a Bear<BR><BR>"Farook embeds her message in a cracking narrative ... the pace rarely slackens ... a deceptively dense adventure that will appeal to readers well into their teens." - Emily Bearn, Telegraph<BR><BR>"Atmospheric, full of colour and passion, Farook is a writer to watch." - Daily Mail<BR><BR>"Positively rustles with the textures of rural Sri Lanka ... an author keen to write a love letter to her culture, and upend preconceptions." - Observer<BR><BR>"As rich, dazzling and alluring as a pouchful of royal jewels, and as triumphant as a trumpeting elephant!" - Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs<BR><BR>"Chaya, schoolgirl by day, thief by night, will steal your heart in this incredibly assured debut" - Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars<BR><BR>"A beautifully paced story of friendship and revolution." - i

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