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Pierre-Auguste Duchêne sait que le diseur de bonne aventure dit vrai: sa soeur est bel et bien en vie et il lui suffit de suivre l'éléphant pour la retrouver. Invraisemblable? Pas pour ce jeune garçon habité par l'espoir... Et voilà que justement, un éléphant est récemment apparu à Baltese suite à la fausse manoeuvre d'un magicien. L'animal serait-il au centre d'une série d'événements aussi improbables qu'extraordinaires?When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her?
The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it's true.
With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes--hope and belonging, desire and compassion--with the lightness of a magician's touch.
Original title: The Magician's Elephant
About the Author: Kate Dicamillo a obtenu plusieurs r?compenses pour ses romans destin's aux jeunes adultes: La qu?te de Desperaux, L'odyss?e miraculeuse d'?douard Toulaine et Winn-Dixie. Elle est aussi l'auteure de petits romans illustr's fort amusants, mettant en vedette le cochon Mercy Watson. Cette collection, publi?e en fran?ais aux ?ditions Scholastic, s'adresse aux jeunes enfants, et plus particuli?rement ? des lecteurs d?butants.
Kate DiCamillo was born March 25, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie was published in 2000. She published her second novel, Tiger Rising, in 2001. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (2003), won the 2004 Newbury Medal. In addition to her novels, she published chapter books beginning in 2005.
