{"product_id":"an-elephant-in-the-garden-9781783191741","title":"An Elephant in the Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael, M.B.E . Morpurgo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Places - Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Elephant in the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is Simon Reade's new adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's best-selling children's novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother - and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEscaping the Allies' advance from the West - and also the advancing Russian armies from the East - this extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is Lizzie's story - but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing, indestructible, cheering - Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive.","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082201555095,"sku":"9781783191741","price":1526.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781783191741.webp?v=1767142494","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-elephant-in-the-garden-9781783191741","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}