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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Water for Elephants



Gruen, S. (2006). Water for Elephants. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.


Brief Annotation: Jacob is about to graduate to become a vet when tragicly both his parents are killed in a car accident. With no money and no family to turn to he hops and train and discovers he has boarded a circus train. They take him aboard as the circus vet and he travels with them learning their is a lot more drama and hate inside the making of a circus. Also, he finds himself falling into a forbidden love.


Genre: Historical Fiction Novel


Grade Level: Middle school and up


Readers who will like this: Anyone who likes adventure and love drama. Readers who possibly like the circus as well.


Response/Rating: 4; I thought it was a very great book and it sucked me in right away. I could not put this book down at all.


Question: What all do you see at a circus?
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