A review by slferg
The Mystery of the Ivory Charm by Carolyn Keene

4.0

Nancy and her friends attend a wild-animal show on behalf of her father. He has gotten a call from a friend who owned the show and wanted him to check on some goings-on. He will be out of town, so Nancy is going to find out from the owner just what he is worried about. Before the show starts, they are walking around the wild animal cages, when an elephant escapes and a young Indian boy catches the elephant and calms it down. The elephant trainer is extremely rude and angry about the event. He starts to strike the boy and Nancy stops him. When they get home, they discover that the boy has hidden away in her trunk (which was not completely closed) to escape from the trainer. He has an ivory elephant charm which he gives her for luck and she tries to help him learn English, etc. until they can learn what has happened to the trainer, who disappeared. She also promises to try to help him find his real father. The trainer's wife had told him a word to speak to his father when he found him and the name of the city where his father was. But someone, or several someones, don't want this to happen.