The Great Elephant Chase (1992)

by Gillian Cross

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In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.

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This is Gillian Cross at her best. A wonderful and engaging adventure involving a girl, her elephant, an orphan boy and the man who wants to take the elephant from them. Crossing 2000 miles of 19th century America, this is a grand chase well described.

The book won Whitbread and Smarties awards. The latter involved children voting on the short listed books, so it is clearly a children's favourite. Gillian Cross is a tremendously versatile author, who has written many books that I have liked very much in a variety of very different settings. This one is very much recommended. (

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Costa Book Awards (Winner – Children's Book – 1992)

Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 1995)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1994)

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (9-11 years category – 1992)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Grades 3-8 – 1995)

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The Great American Elephant Chase

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1992

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In 1881, fifteen-year-old Tad, an orphan, helps a girl attempting to get a mighty Indian elephant to friends in Nebraska, all the while pursued by two unscrupulous villains who claim that the elephant is theirs.

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