AN INDIE NEXT PICK AND AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH!

The world’s #1 bestselling author James Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendshipperfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, Pax, and Because of Winn-Dixie.

Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossipespecially about the new boy, Lekutwelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names MbeguSwahili for “seed”.

When Mbegus mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deathsone elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.

Inspired by true events, The Elephant Girl is a moving exploration of the bonds between creatures and the power of belonging.