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Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen.

Gruen, Sara. (Author).

Summary:
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1565124995 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781565124998 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781616200701 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 2006.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 4.4 14 14 113833
Subject: Circus > Fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Fiction.
Circus performers > Fiction.
Parents > Death > Juvenile fiction.
Elephants > Juvenile fiction.
Circus animals > Juvenile fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 102 of 117 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 117 total copies.
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Altoona Area Public Library GRU 1 (Text) 33240004684810 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/19/2024
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Beaverdale Public Library F G (Text) 31814480034880 BVRM Fiction Available -
Bellwood-Antis Public Library F Gru (Text) 310BEL00059838 Adult Fiction Available -
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