ELEPHANT IN THE GARDEN,AN -Harper Collins UK

Michael Morpurgo is a literary landmark, a national treasure Mal Peet, Guardian Germany, 1945. Elizabeth, Karli and their mother are in Dresden when the Allied bombs begin to fall. Their home destroyed, they must flee the ruined city through the perilous, snow-covered landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do, without an elephant to look after