The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.
And then, one day, he was lost.
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, takes an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a true miracle — that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
And then, one day, he was lost.
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, takes an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a true miracle — that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
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