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The Magician's Elephant (Hardcover)

By: Kate DiCamillo (Author) and Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)

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"With its rhythmic sentences and fairy-tale tone, this novel yields solitary pleasures but begs to be read aloud. Hearing it in a shared space can connect us, one to one, regardless of age..."

"The mannered prose and Tanaka's delicate, darkly hued paintings give the story a somber and old-fashioned feel. The absurdist elements--street vendors peddle chunks of the now-infamous opera house ceiling with the cry 'Possess the plaster of disaster!'--leaven the overall seriousness, and there is a happy if predictable ending for the eccentric cast of anguished characters, each finding something to make them whole."

"Reading like a fable told long ago, with rich language that begs to be read aloud, this is a magical story about hope and love, loss and home, and of questions the world versus accepting it as it is."

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In her eagerly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected -- and making the impossible come true."
""What if? Why not? Could it be?
"When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant An elephant will lead him there ) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it's true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes" -- "hope and belonging, desire and compassion -- with the lightness of a magician's touch.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

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Kate DiCamillo's fable about a an orphaned boy in search of his sister is filled with mystery, adventure, and a glowing, irrepressible hope. On an errand for the soldier who is his guardian, Peter sees a red fortune teller's tent and can't resist spending his only coin on finding out just one thing: if his sister is still alive. The answer is odd: apparently an elephant is the key! Bewildered, Peter soon finds himself having the most amazing experience of his life. With haunting illustrations by Yoko Tanaka.

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