To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner. Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level: 4.7 ATOS Book Level: 4.7 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 8 AR Quiz: 151316EN Reading Counts Level: 4.7 Reading Counts Points: 15 Lexile Measure: 770 Fountas & Pinnell: V.