ISBN: 0763644102/ ISBN-13: 9780763644109

The Magician's Elephant

(Hardcover)

by Kate DiCamillo

Candlewick Press (MA), 09/2009, 208 pages, English

In her newest novel, Newbery Medalist DiCamillo ("The Tale of Despereaux") conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected and making the impossible come true. When orphan Peter Augustus Duchene asks a fortuneteller about his sister, the fortuneteller's mysterious answer sets off a chain of remarkable events.