A Perfect Friend
by Price, Reynolds
It feels like yesterday that Ben's mother died -- but it's really been a whole year. Still, he misses her so much the sadness keeps him awake at night. Lying in the dark, the only thing that helps Ben sleep is to think about elephants, those magnificent creatures that his mother loved too. Sooner or later, the thought of their awesome grace always calms him in a way that his sad father, and his two closest friends, never can.
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.
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New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/fine. First Printing, hardcover. SIGNED by Price on the title page. Heavy crease to front board that runs from top edge near gutter to fore edge and is also visible inside front cover. A good copy only in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now covered… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Atheneum, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. From the library of National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, widow of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor. Inscribed by Price: "for Eleanor with happy memories & love from Reynolds. iv 2001. Item Price
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New York: Atheneum, 2000. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Sendak, Maurice. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1st PRINTING. … Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Atheneum, 2000. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Reynolds. First Edition, First Printing. Jacket illustration by Maurice Sendak. Bumping on spine and corners of dust jacket, some erosion, small tear at head of spine, rubbing and minor soiling. Bumping at head and foot of spine on boards, light erosion on bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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