Water for elephants

Gruen, Sara

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Summary: When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned, jumps onto a passing train, he enters the world of a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after town. A veterinary student, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus animals. 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. And he meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her



*Seniors only - explicit scenes
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Choices & consequences
Domestic violence
Librarian's Miscellania
Y12
Y13
Location edition Bar Code due date
Fiction Shelves A40590260