Buck would sooner not have shot the elephants but he was hired to do a job. But of course, he was not being paid to kill the baby elephant and it would die if he left it. This tale charts the journey of the baby elephant from her dying mother's side to her eventual return to her homeland. Spirals is an established series for reluctant readers and has a track record of over 25 years. This title is one of the twelve New Spirals released in 2003.