Holly Goldberg Sloan 
The Elephant in the Room 

It’s been almost a year since Sila’s mum travelled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States.



The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to bear. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and then to a friendship with a unique boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come in the most unlikely of places.



A moving story of family separation and the importance of the connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting humour that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of
Counting by 7s.

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Holly Goldberg Sloan is a scriptwriter and highly acclaimed author of three well received novels, including I’LL BE THERE and COUNTING BY 7s, which was an Amazon Best Book of the month pick and number 4 on Indie Bound’s Kids’ Indie Next List. Her third book JUST CALL MY NAME follows on from I’LL BE THERE and will be released in September 2014. Follow Holly at www.hollygoldbergsloan.com or on Twitter: @HGoldberg Sloan.