Water for Elephant

The novel is about a guy named Jacob Jankowski. He is 19 years old and lived in a nursing home. He is told what to do all the time. When he was studying in Cornell University, he received a news that his parents got killed in a car accident. He left school.

One night he jumped on a train which belonged to Benzini Brothers Most Speetacular Show on Earth. Jacob got adopted and shared quarters with a dawrf named Walter. The boss-August wasa brutal man who treat animals badly. Jacob fell in love with his wife Marlena.

Jacob tried to kill August.In the end, several circus workers released the animals and caused a stampede at the performance. August Got killed by an elephant. Jacob and August's wife marlena could finally be together. They opened circus together and lived a good life.