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      A Perfect Friend

      by Reynolds Price
      Published
      Jun 2002
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      176
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      A Moving Fable For Readers Of All Ages -- From National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning Author Reynolds Price

      Ben Barks loved elephants long before he'd seen one. He sometimes wondered how that love started....

      It's been a whole year since Ben's mother died, and nothing has soothed his broken heart -- except thinking about elephants, those magnificent creatures his mother loved too. Imagining their awesome grace always calms him in a way that his sad father and closest friends never can. When a one-ring circus comes to Ben's small town, he discovers Sala, an elephant who survived a wicked trainer's abuses. And soon, their powerful bond becomes a miraculous healer -- and gives Ben renewed hope for the future.

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Jun 2002 Scribner ISBN13 9780743225212 ISBN10 074322521X
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      Jun 2014 Aladdin ISBN13 9780689831485 ISBN10 068983148X
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      Sep 2000 Atheneum ISBN13 9780689830297 ISBN10 0689830297
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      Jun 2002 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780613901796 ISBN10 0613901797
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      Jun 2002 Atheneum ISBN13 9781439106273 ISBN10 1439106274
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      Jun 2008 Atheneum ISBN10 B001D2028Y
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      Nov 2001 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786235896 ISBN10 0786235896
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