Kate DiCamillo has created yet another wonderful fantasy book for you. This story is of Peter Augustus Duchene, a young orphan who lives with a senile old man who is determined to make a soldier of him. When a washed up magician mistakenly produces an elephant that falls on a noble woman of the town, he is imprisoned along with the elephant. Peter's life begins to tie in with the elephant when a fortune teller tells him an elephant will lead him to his sister, who has been gone since she was born. Secrets are discovered and Peter remains determined to reunite with her and get the lonely elephant back to its home. He needs the noble woman, the magician, and the help of a neighborhood policeman to accomplish that. It's a lot for a small boy to ask.
