Nandu lives in southern Nepal, at one of the country's royal elephant stables: "My mother is an elephant and my father is an old man with one arm. Strange, I know, but true." Important terms. Author's note. Endpaper maps.
Topics Elephants. Jungle animals. Jungles. Orphans. Twentieth-century history of Nepal. Twentieth-century history of India. Bonds between animals and humans.
SRC Level 5.200000
SRC Points 15.000000
Lexile 790L
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-05-16
JLG Release Date Oct 2016
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.