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	title:	The Elephant War
	author:	Gillian Avery
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Jane Nissen Books
	released:	October 1, 2000
	isbn:	1903252040
	isbn-13:	9781903252048

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Customer Reviews
Funny and fascinating - Rated Gillian Avery has created a really plausible heroine in Harriet Jessop, the uncertain schoolgirl who is exploring her own ideas of moral and social responsibility while the adults around her provide various models. This makes the book sound a little dry - but it isn't. Warm depictions of Harriet's family and fascinating glimpses of the objects of her fascination, the 3 Smith boys, make the 19th century world of Oxford accessible and entertaining. When Harriet's strong-minded Aunt Louisa starts campaigning for the British government to block the sale of Jumbo the elephant to Barnum's circus, she also starts an inconvenient feud. Harriet is left to resolve the situation, which seems to spiralling entirely out of her control... It's a well-written book depicting a world that has disappeared, but issues which still remain pertinent.

Customer Reviews

Funny and fascinating - Rated 5/5
Gillian Avery has created a really plausible heroine in Harriet Jessop, the uncertain schoolgirl who is exploring her own ideas of moral and social responsibility while the adults around her provide various models. This makes the book sound a little dry - but it isn't. Warm depictions of Harriet's family and fascinating glimpses of the objects of her fascination, the 3 Smith boys, make the 19th century world of Oxford accessible and entertaining. When Harriet's strong-minded Aunt Louisa starts campaigning for the British government to block the sale of Jumbo the elephant to Barnum's circus, she also starts an inconvenient feud. Harriet is left to resolve the situation, which seems to spiralling entirely out of her control...