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Small As An Elephant Analysis
The book Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson is about an 11 year old boy who was abandoned by his mother on a camping trip in Maine. Jack wakes up to find himself alone and miles away from his home town in Boston. Jack knows he must find her or the DSS will take him away from her. The only thing he has to comfort himself is the small plastic elephant that he stole from a souvenir shop. With no money, food, or any type of communication Jack is forced to do things he never thought he would. Soon, all of Maine was searching for him. This left him with the question of, would he find his mom, and if he did, could he ever forgive her?

I liked the book Small as an Elephant because it had a well developed plot and good contrast of characters.
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