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The magician's elephant / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka.

DiCamillo, Kate, (author.). Tanaka, Yoko (Artist), (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763644109
  • ISBN: 0763644102
  • ISBN: 9780763652982
  • ISBN: 0763652989
  • ISBN: 9798890330055
  • Physical Description: 201 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
009-013.
Awards Note:
Minnesota Book Award, 2010.
Subject:
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Missing children > Juvenile fiction.
Elephants > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings.
Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 106 of 116 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Madison Main Library J FIC DIC (Text) 30229100651164 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Mars Hill Library J FIC DIC (Text) 30229100880326 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J DICAMILLO (Text) 39493106603741 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library JF DICAMILLO (Text) 80001000846627 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Angier Public Library J F DiC (Text) 33632002321090 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/24/2026
Ashe County Public Library J DIC (Text) 50503300075035 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library JFIC DIC (Text) 31111002441028 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bath Community Library J FIC (Text) 38344101310231 Juvenile Fiction Available -
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