The Magician's Elephant

In A Highly Awaited New Novel, Kate Dicamillo Conjures A Haunting Fable About Trusting The Unexpected — And Making The Extraordinary Come True. What If? Why Not? Could It Be? When A Fortuneteller's Tent Appears In The Market Square Of The City Of Baltese, Orphan Peter Augustus Duchene Knows The Questions That He Needs To Ask: Does His Sister Still Live? And If So, How Can He Find Her? The Fortuneteller's Mysterious Answer (an Elephant! An Elephant Will Lead Him There!) Sets Off A Chain Of Events So Remarkable, So Impossible, That You Will Hardly Dare To Believe It’s True. With Atmospheric Illustrations By Fine Artist Yoko Tanaka, Here Is A Dreamlike And Captivating Tale That Could Only Be Narrated By Newbery Medalist Kate Dicamillo. In This Timeless Fable, She Evokes The Largest Of Themes — Hope And Belonging, Desire And Compassion — With The Lightness Of A Magician’s Touch.