Small as An Elephant
Candlewick, March 2011
ISBN: 978-0763641559
Winner of Gold Fiction Award from Parents' Choice
Chosen as Spring 2011 Kids' Indie Next List —
"Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers."
Selected for The Horn Book Summer Reading List
Audio Book from Brilliance
Nashua Telegraph article
Mount Desert Islander article
Kate De Goldi discusses SMALL on New Zealand National Radio
Discussion Questions from Sweet on Books
Sweet on Books Interview
Press Release
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it's over. But Jack never thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself — starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties — and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all.
