- New Audiobooks
- Quick Listens
- Awesome Narrators
- Most Popular
- Try something different
- Family Reading Time
- See all
-
Description
-
Details
-
Reviews
It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States.
The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and then to a friendship with an unusual boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come in the most unlikely of places.
A moving story of family separation and the importance of the connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting humor that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of Counting by 7s.
“I couldn’t stop reading—I had to find out what would happen. An unusual and lovely real-life fairy tale.” —Linda Sue Park, New York Times Bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water
“A gorgeous and emotional novel. I loved every page.” —Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira

Kindle Book
- Release date: March 2, 2021
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780735229969
- Release date: March 2, 2021
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780735229969
- File size: 4939 KB
- Release date: March 2, 2021

Loading
Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
subjects
Languages
English
Levels
ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:790
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4