Descript |
60 pages : 21 cm |
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Oberon plays for young people
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Oberon plays for young people
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Note |
"1945. Dresden, Germany. Lizzie, her mother -- and an elephant from the zoo, flee the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War. Escaping the Allies' advance from the West -- and also the advancing Russian armies from the East -- This extraordinary trio of refugees meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from the Nazis; and the mechnanised American cavalry, appearing over the horizon. It is Lizzie's story -- but Marlene, the elephant, is the heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, load-bearing, indestructible, cheering -- Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the human will and how it will do everything to survive."--Page [4] of cover |
Subject |
Elephants -- Juvenile drama
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile drama
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Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile drama
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Skönlitteratur
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Barn- och ungdomslitteratur
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Mellanåldersböcker
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Classmark |
822/.92
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He,ug
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781783191741 |
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1783191740 |
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