Elephant and the Sea 25813 joining friends and neighbors along

joining friends and neighbors along the way

tree-trunk hiding owls

After being expelled from spy school

Here is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best-selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago

she'll have to fight for it

Elephant and the Sea 25813 joining friends and neighbors along"There is only one thing I want to do . . . So I will do it!" Gabriel the elephant dreams of being part of the lifeboat crew in his seaside town, but he is too young, and too little. But soon, Gabriel grows up and he is too . . . BIG! Disappointed but undaunted, Gabriel makes a plan. He hammers and chops, saws and sands, and builds his very own boat. One night, a great storm hits, and it's Gabriel's time to shine, pulling his oars alone against the