Henrichs, Wendy

Anju, an elephant who was stolen from the Indonesian island of Sumatra and sold to an American circus, spends fifty years of her life in captivity, hating being an elephant, until her caretaker, Vincent, finally takes her someplace where she can be happy once more.

A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale describing the origins of the beckoning cat and how it came to be a symbol of good luck.