num_pages: 336
description: An elephant never forgets...but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. When she was a toddler a tornado swept her away from everyone and everything she knew and landed her near an enclosure in a Nebraska zoo where an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her family Lex grew up at the zoo with her foster father Roger; her best friend Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear.Now that she's twelve Lex is finally old enough to help with the elephants. But during their first training session Nyah sends her a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo. Despite the wind's protests Lex decides to investigate Nyah's message and gets wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts lost treasure and a puzzle that might be the key to finding her family. Can Lex summon the courage to hunt for who she really is--and why the tornado brought her here all those years ago?
language: English
title: The Elephant's Girl
publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers