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The magician's elephant / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka.

DiCamillo, Kate, (author.). Tanaka, Yoko (Artist), (illustrator.).

Summary:

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763644109
  • ISBN: 0763644102
  • ISBN: 9780763652982
  • ISBN: 0763652989
  • ISBN: 9798890330055
  • Physical Description: 201 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
009-013.
Awards Note:
Minnesota Book Award, 2010.

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Subject: Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Missing children > Juvenile fiction.
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Siblings.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.

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  • 105 of 116 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 4 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library J DICAMILLO (Text) 33114016038275 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library JPB DICAMILLO (Text) 33114017629635 Juvenile Fiction Paperback Available -
Statesville Main Library JPB DICAMILLO (Text) 33114017629643 Juvenile Fiction Paperback Checked out 05/27/2025
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