Saving Lilly

by Peg Kehret

Book Overview

When a circus elephant is cruelly abused, it has one last hope in a class of sixth graders This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671034227
• ISBN13: 9780671034221
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Awesome!!!!!

This is one of the best books EVER!!!! i love it! here is what it is mainly about. Saving Lilly Erin and her best friend David didn't know much about the treatment of circus animals, until they worked together on a TAG - Talented and Gifted - Project. Due to this report, Erin and David refuse to go on a field trip that their teacher has planned. Sure, field trips are great, but one to the Glitter Tent Circus is awful! The Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst circuses out there because of its HORRIBLE animal cruelty. But Mrs. Dawson is defiantly going to give her students something to remember; just as she remembers the times she spent at the circus when she was a child and went to the same circus with her grandpa. In fact, she's so determined to make her students attend the circus, that she sends Erin and David to the principal's office when they try to pass around a petition asking other kids to skip the field trip too! Well, finally, Erin and David post a sit-in for the circus. Only three kids go to the circus, so all the other 25 students stay in class to find a way to save Lilly, the circus elephant that is being mistreated. They must raise $8,000 in one month!!! But somehow, they do it, and they live happily ever after!

Wonderful New Children's Book

Sixth grader Erin Wrenn, and her best friend David never knew much about the circus, and the treatment of circus animals, until they worked together on a TAG - Talented and Gifted - Project, that let them in on the not-so-secret torture of animals. Due to this report, the two kids refuse to go on a field trip that their teacher, Mrs. Dawson, has planned. Sure, field trips are great, but one to the Glitter Tent Circus is anything but, for the Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst circuses out there. However, Mrs. Dawson is determined to give her students something to remember, just as she remembers the times she spent at the circus when she was a child. In fact, she's so determined to make her students attend the circus, that she scolds Erin and David when they try to pass around a petition boycotting the circus field trip. Little does Mrs. Dawson know, but Erin is determined to have her voice be heard, or she'll stage a sit-in right in her classroom. Unfortunately, attending the circus isn't Erin's biggest problem. The biggest problem is Lilly, a mistreated elephant traveling with the circus, who is about to be sold to a hunting park, where she will be killed. Erin knows that it's up to her to save Lilly before it's too late. But saving an elephant is harder than she could have ever imagined. As a PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - member, I was ecstatic to find a book that showcased two children, as well as their classmates doing something to save a circus animal, and taking a stand. Erin and David are two very brave children, who stood up to adults around them, and made them see just how cruel the circus truly is. Animal lovers will adore Peg Kehret's humane effort in getting the truth out about circuses in a fiction book, while parents and children will love the bravery of the two main characters. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

Alison B. from Mississippi

This book rocks! I have read it 8 times, and I am still reading it. If you like animals, and you love to read, this book's for you!!! I hope you'll read it.

Too good to be a book!!

This book is GREAT!! Saving Lilly is an excellent book for animal lovers. It is about a girl named Erin who wants to save all circus animals including an Asian Elephant called Lilly, from harsh whips, little food, and dirty cages. Erin and her entire class work very hard to help them. I love this book because it shows that when something bad is happening, and you don't like it, you complain about it instead of taking action! Somtimes in this book I felt like cheering on for Erin's class! This book has a great way of "hooking" you in.

An awesome story for animal lovers!

This is one of the best books i've personally ever read. it's about two kids, Erin and David, who for TAG do research about lives of circus animals. They find a lot of them are cruelly treated. Their TAG teacher then plans a class trip to the circus. Erin and David find the circus their going to is one of the worst abusers of all! Then their teacher says they have to go. If you wanna know the ending, you gotta read the book. I recommend this book to everybody!