 First edition cover | |
| Author | Gillian Cross |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's historical fictionw |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 193 |
| Awards | Whitbread Children's Book Award Nestlé Smarties Book Prize |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-271672-9 |
| OCLC | 473575350 |
| Website | Elephant |
The Great Elephant Chase is a 1992 book children's novel by British author Gillian Cross.[1] It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. It takes place in 1881 and follows the adventures of teenagers Tad and Cissie as they travel across America with Khush the elephant. The book is mainly written in third person narrative from Tad's point of view, but also contains epistolary segments, consisting of letters from Cissie to her friend Ketty, towards whose home they are travelling.
The novel was published in the United States as The Great American Elephant Chase by Holiday House.