Madzi a Njovu 
Sara Gruen, 2006
Mabuku a Algonquin a Chapel Hill
350 p.
ISBN-13: 9781565125605

Chidule 
Buku losangalatsa, lokongola, komanso lokopa la okonda otchuka, lomwe linachitika m'dziko la masewera a circus cha m'ma 1932, lolembedwa ndi wolemba mabuku ogulitsa kwambiri a Maphunziro Okwera Mahatchi.

Pamene Jacob Jankowski, yemwe posachedwapa anali wamasiye ndipo mwadzidzidzi anasamuka, analumphira pa sitima yomwe inkadutsa, analowa m'dziko la anthu okonda zinthu zachilendo, okonda zinthu zachiwerewere, komanso osayenera kuyenda, gulu la anthu okonda zinthu zachilendo omwe akulimbana ndi mavuto azachuma, omwe anali ndi masiku awiri okha m'mizinda yosiyanasiyana.

Jacob, wophunzira wa ziweto yemwe anatsala pang'ono kupeza digiri yake, anapatsidwa udindo woyang'anira malo ochitira masewera a circus. Pamenepo ndi pomwe anakumana ndi Marlena, nyenyezi yokongola yachinyamata ya masewera a pa akavalo, yemwe anakwatiwa ndi August, mphunzitsi wa zinyama wodabwitsa koma wopotoka. Anakumananso ndi Rosie, njovu yomwe imawoneka yosaphunzitsidwa mpaka atapeza njira yomufikira.

Buku lokongola kwambiri lakuti Water for Elephants , lomwe lalembedwa bwino kwambiri, limaunikiridwa ndi nthawi yabwino komanso malo abwino. Limafotokoza nkhani ya chikondi pakati pa anthu awiri chomwe chimagonjetsa zovuta zodabwitsa m'dziko lomwe chikondi ndi chinthu chapamwamba chomwe anthu ochepa angakwanitse. ( Kuchokera kwa wofalitsa .)