Elephant Run A Step from Heaven Reading response Elephant Run A Step from Heaven

Elephant Run by Roland Smith Historical Fiction Brave, Smart, Family, War. Children’s Literature said, “This book provides a moving story of a boy’s journey into manhood as well as an action-packed adventure that keeps the pages turning…This is a great book to draw boys or reluctant readers into the realm of historical fiction.

A Step from Heaven by An Na Biography Living In a Foreign Country, Learning a New Language, Immigrant. This book has won a prize for best book for young adults. New York Times & Publishers Weekly’s best book of the year.

Compare and contrast Nick from Elephant Run and Young Ju from A Step from Heaven. The Setting in Elephant Run is at Burma in 1941. The Setting in A Step from Heaven is at Southern California in America. Elephant Run makes people a little bored of the history. A Step from Heaven is a sorrowful.

Characters Nick Freestone Brave Smart Thoughtful Young Ju Park Courageous Calm Eager

Characters Similarities and Differences Brave and Courageous Smart and intelligent Never giving up Differences Nick is Brave physically and mentally but Young Ju is brave inside of her heart. Young Ju hates her father really much but Nick loves his father very much Young Ju is facing problems with her family but Nick is facing problems that might take his life away.

Setting A Step from Heaven Elephant Run Southern California 1941 Burma(Myanmar) A Step from Heaven Southern California America

Mood Elephant Run Frustrating Suspenseful A Step from Heaven Sorrowful Joyful

The End Recommendations I would recommend Elephant Run to higher grades instead of juniors because its mostly about war and history. I would recommend A Step from Heaven to all grades because this story really teaches people something.