Chained is the story of Hastin, a ten-year-old boy who goes to work for an elephant show in the jungle to pay off his family's medical debts. Hastin forms a bond with the elephant in his care as well as Ne Min, the show's cook. If you've read Eliot Schrefer's Threatened, the tone of this book will be familiar to you. There's a real sense of connectivity to nature in general and to elephants in specific. This is a good one for discussion with young readers.
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