savinglilly

__Saving Lilly__ by Peg Kehret ISBN: 0-671-03423-5 c2001 148 pages

Good sections to read aloud: -p. 2 where their teacher gives them their challenge...and tells them that it will lead to a surprise field trip

Summary: Erin and her friend, David get in huge trouble when they refuse to go on a school field trip. They are protesting the field trip because of the cruel ways the circus treats their animals. Erin and David had just finished a project for their TAG teacher on the cruelty of circus animals when their class “won” a field trip to the zoo. What will they do?

YA Fiction--teen issues; TAG programs; 6th grade; circus; elephants

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