The Elephant's Girl
A magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life.
An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as a toddler, she was dropped in a nearby Nebraska zoo, where an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her family, Lex grew up at the zoo with her foster father, Roger; her best friend, Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear.
Years later, Nyah sends Lex a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo. Soon, Lex is wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts, lost treasure, and a puzzle that might be…
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August 17, 2021Celesta Rimington is the author of The Elephant’s Girl and Tips for Magicians. The Elephant’s Girl was the winner of the 2020 Reading the West Book Award and has been recommended on several state and readers’ choice lists for middle grade readers. Celesta holds a degree in social psychology and has presented to thousands of students about resilience, generating ideas, and writing their own stories.While she grew up in almost every region of the United States, Celesta currently resides in Utah. She enjoys acting, boxing, and exploring the fragrant forests of the Wasatch Mountains with her family and her five-pound Yorkie named Winston.