A Perfect Friend Hardcover - 2000
by Price, Reynolds
- Used
Distinguished author Reynolds Price offers his first book for young readers. Still grieving over the death of his mother, 11-year-old Ben finds solace in the special relationship he forms with an elephant in a visiting circus.
Description
Details
- Title A Perfect Friend
- Author Price, Reynolds
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, New York
- Date 2000-09-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6201042-6
- ISBN 9780689830297 / 0689830297
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 5.3 x 0.73 in (22.66 x 13.46 x 1.85 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Reading level 930
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99055397
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Though Ben feels a particular connection to elephants, just as his mother did, he has only once seen a real one -- at a circus when he was very young. So when word spreads of a small one-ring circus coming to town, Ben anxiously awaits its arrival. His anticipation is more than satisfied when he gets to meet Sala -- whose name means "Sacred Tree" -- the sole survivor of a group of four elephants poisoned by a wicked trainer. With his unusual ability to understand the thoughts of animals, Ben and Sala emerge from the depths of their grief to forge a bond that brings them both comfort and gives Ben renewed hope to face the future.
In his first book for young readers, distinguished author Reynolds Price weaves a powerful story that explores the inevitable and essential balance between joy and sorrow and the fine line between the things most exhilarating and frightening in life.
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 11/15/2000, Page 642
- Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2000, Page 580
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2000, Page 78
- Kirkus Review - Children, 06/15/2000, Page 892
- Publishers Weekly, 08/14/2000, Page 355
- School Library Journal, 02/01/2001, Page 122