If you are at all interested in either Elephant Winter or Water for Elephants, try The White Bone, by Barbara Gowdy. This is a novel told from a very different perspective from either of the books we just visited.
The White Bone It is told entirely from the perspective of African elephants, following Mud and her family as they desperately struggle to survive the harsh drought and ivory hunters that threaten their lives. It is a maternal story about how elephants are slipping into extinction. The sacred white bone is what they search for, as it is supposed to lead them directly to safety.
