Bibliograph

The hope of elephants, Amanda Rawson Hill

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The hope of elephants, Amanda Rawson Hill

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 10 and up, CharlesbridgeGrades 4-6, Charlesbridge

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The hope of elephants

Responsibility statement

Amanda Rawson Hill

Summary

Told in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrance is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li Fraumeni's Syndrome, that causes the cancers

Target audience

pre adolescent

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Creator