Elephant Secret

Thirteen-year-old Samantha has grown up with her dad and the elephants that live on their elephant sanctuary. When the sanctuary has financial difficulties a donor offers funding if three elephants can be artificially inseminated but when the first baby is born, Sam and Jack are not prepared for the unexpected offspring and Sam must deal with the shady silent partner’s treatment of the baby at the same time as she deals with her father’s new girlfriend. This engaging Canadian novel deals with conservation, cloning, family dynamics, friendship, and truthfulness, and is suitable for read-aloud, independent reading, classroom or school libraries, and to spark discussion of the key issues.