An elephant in the garden

• Auteur : Michael Morpurgo
• • Editeur : Harpercollins 2010
  • Collection : Children's books
  • ISBN/ISSN : 978-0-00-733958-7
  • Format : 232 p.
  • Langues : Anglais
• • Nature du document : fiction
  • Résumé :

    Lizzie and her family are living a happy life in Dresden, Germany, when World War II breaks out. Lizzie's father is sent to the Russian front line, and Lizzie's mother, Mutti, is left behind to take care of Lizzie and her brother Karl.

    Like so many of the women left behind in wartime, Mutti must pitch in and take a job that has been vacated by the men who have been sent to fight the war. Mutti ends up working at the Dresden Zoo.

• • Thème de fiction : animaux/famille/guerre
  • Niveau : Classe de 3e