🪩 3/$20 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants is a historical fiction novel by Sara Gruen about Jacob Jankowski, a young, orphaned veterinary student who joins a struggling circus during the Great Depression. Told in flashbacks from his elderly perspective, the story follows his life with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, where he falls for the beautiful equestrian star Marlena and works to care for the animals, especially a seemingly untrainable elephant named Rosie. The narrative explores the harsh realities of circus life, animal cruelty, love, and survival against the backdrop of the 1930s All book sales go to stocking books for my husband’s 4th grade class library 🤗 SGB1.3