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Home Now

by Lesley Beake · 2007

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Sieta remembers a happy home far away over the mountains, but now she is living with her Aunty in a place she calls Home Now. Her new home is a busy, friendly place, but Sieta can't seeem to smile. Then one day she meets an orphaned baby elephant at the elephant park, and she begins to see things in a different light.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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