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A review by okiecozyreader
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
adventurous
mysterious
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I read this to 5 classes this year and 3 classes last year.
This is a book about a young boy who lives with a former military officer. He missed his sister Adele, whom he was separated from as a young child, when she was a baby. He was told his whole family died.
One day, he visits a fortune teller who tells him his sister lives and an elephant will lead him to her. He tries to solve the mystery of what happened to his sister and what the truth really is.
Just fyi - the movie doesn’t really follow the book so much. Maybe 30%? There are whole scenes that are made up and others not included. The book is maybe just a quieter story than would make an action packed movie.
“Looking out over the city, Peter decided that it was a terrible and complicated thing to hope, and that it might be easier, instead, to despair.” Ch 4
“The longer he marched, the more convinced Peter became that things were indeed hopeless and that an elephant was a ridiculous answer to any question — but a particularly ridiculous answer to a question posed by the human heart.” Ch 4
“Magic is always impossible,” said the magician. “It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.” Ch 14
“Why, it seems as if anything could happen, anything at all.” Ch 16
This is a book about a young boy who lives with a former military officer. He missed his sister Adele, whom he was separated from as a young child, when she was a baby. He was told his whole family died.
One day, he visits a fortune teller who tells him his sister lives and an elephant will lead him to her. He tries to solve the mystery of what happened to his sister and what the truth really is.
Just fyi - the movie doesn’t really follow the book so much. Maybe 30%? There are whole scenes that are made up and others not included. The book is maybe just a quieter story than would make an action packed movie.
“Looking out over the city, Peter decided that it was a terrible and complicated thing to hope, and that it might be easier, instead, to despair.” Ch 4
“The longer he marched, the more convinced Peter became that things were indeed hopeless and that an elephant was a ridiculous answer to any question — but a particularly ridiculous answer to a question posed by the human heart.” Ch 4
“Magic is always impossible,” said the magician. “It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.” Ch 14
“Why, it seems as if anything could happen, anything at all.” Ch 16