When Elephants Fly: Lily has lead a careful life and plans to continue to live a careful life in an attempt to skirt the mental illness that made her mother try to kill her. When the internship at the local paper has her cover the birth of an elephant, and the elephant is later nearly killed by its’ own mother, Lily has to reevaluate what it means to live.
The plot is touching and beautiful. The themes are tough, scary and heart-breaking.
Although there was a best-friend, parent issues and a love interest, this book goes above and beyond your run of the mill YA; much more focus was given to the issues of mental illness, self-discovery, animal abuse and conservation. I loved that the ending wasn’t necessarily a happily ever after.
This was a fantastic read.
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