Saving Lilly Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Kehret, Peg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671034235 ISBN-13: 9780671034238 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: After seeing an abused circus elephant named Lilly, Erin persuades her classmates to help her buy Lilly and send her to an elephant sanctuary. However, the kids only have three weeks to raise $7,500. It takes ingenuity, determination, and an amazing amount of hard work to pull it off. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Elephants - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Circus |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 740 |
Series: Aladdin Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" (0.25 lbs) 160 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 55023 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: AGAINST All ODDS Erin Wrenn and her friend David are in big trouble because they refuse to go on a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus. They wrote a report on the sad lives of circus animals and discovered that the Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst animal abusers of all. Mrs. Dawson is determined to give her students the happy circus experience she remembers from her childhood; she won't let Erin and David share their report or pass around a petition asking for a different field trip. Erin is determined to force Mrs. Dawson to change her plans...or she'll stage a sit-in at school. Then Erin sees an even bigger problem: Lilly, a mistreated elephant, is about to be sold to a hunting park. How can she save Lilly before it's too late? It seems impossible Can one girl -- and a class of sixth graders -- make a difference? |
Contributor Bio(s): Kehret, Peg: - PEG KEHRET's popular novels for young people are regularly nominated for state awards. She has received the Young Hoosier Award, the Golden Sower Award, the Iowa Children's Choice Award, the Celebrate Literacy Award, the Sequoyah Award, the Land of Enchantment Award, the Maud Hart Lovelace Award, and the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award. She lives with her husband, Carl, and their animal friends in Washington State, where she is a volunteer at the Humane Society and SPCA. Her two grown children and four grandchildren live in Washington, too. Peg's Minstrel titles include Nightmare Mountain: Sisters, Long Ago; Cages; Terror at the Zoo; Horror at the Haunted House; and the Frightmares series. |