: Refusing to let her friend die, Dawn sneaks Flora out of the circus the night before she is scheduled to be put down. Her goal is to reach an elephant preserve located hundreds of miles away where Flora can live out the rest of her days in peace.
: Flora is a veteran circus elephant who has become too old and weary to perform her tricks. Faced with the costs of keeping her, the circus owner (who is also Dawn’s father) decides that Flora must be euthanized. Saving Flora
: The pair travels over 300 miles on foot through dense woods and across raging rivers. Along the way, Dawn is joined by a runaway named Sebastian, and they must evade elephant hunters and the authorities in a "great chase" that spans the desert and frontier. : Refusing to let her friend die, Dawn