Elephant Run
by Roland Smith
Taste attributes: historicaladventureanimalswholesomeheavyrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeGrounded and serious: a historical novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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5.0 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
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- Author
- Roland Smith
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 318
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- Open Library
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