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The World on Either Side
- Author
- Diane Terrana
- Narrator
- Eunice Wong
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 11 June 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Then she meets Lin, a mysterious young elephant keeper tormented by his hidden past, and an orphaned elephant calf, pursued by violent poachers. Together, the three flee deep into the jungle, looking for refuge and redemption.
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- Author
- Diane Terrana
- Narrator
- Eunice Wong
- Duration
- 6 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 June 2024
- ISBN
- 9798855503968
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Synopsis
After the death of her boyfriend, sixteen-year old Valentine stops going to school, quits seeing her friends and, finally, won't leave her bed. Desperate for her daughter to recover, Valentine's mother takes her on a trek in Thailand. In the mountains north of Chiang Mai, Valentine finds a world she didn't know existed, where houses are on stilts and elephants still roam wild. She learns about the Burmese civil war and the relentless violence against the Karen and Rohingya peoples.Then she meets Lin, a mysterious young elephant keeper tormented by his hidden past, and an orphaned elephant calf, pursued by violent poachers. Together, the three flee deep into the jungle, looking for refuge and redemption.
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