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Great Elephant Chase


Oxford Children's Modern Classics

No. of pages 288

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A giant Indian elephant. A wild journey across America. An enemy who will never stop. Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal. Maybe even kill . . . Staying ahead means being faster and smarter - but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own...

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Oxford University Press .

Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children's fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Smarties Prize.

This book contains the following story:

The Great Elephant Chase
A giant Indian elephant. A wild journey across America. An enemy who will never stop. Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal. Maybe even kill . . .Staying ahead means being faster and smarter - but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own.... A an adventure story involving a girl, her elephant, an orphan boy and the man who wants to take the elephant from them.

This book is in the following series:

Oxford Children's Modern Classics

Archway Novels

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised in the Ages 9-11 Years category by the Smarties Book Award.

Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.

Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.

Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised in the Novel category by the Whitbread Book Award.

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