Listening for lions
Title
:
Listening for lions
Personal Author EPSB
:
Gloria. Whelan
Summary
:
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.
Year Published
:
2005-2006
Physical Description
:
194 pages ; 20 cm.
Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 7.0 89524
Awards
:
2008 YRCA Junior Division nominee.
Subject
:
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Physicians -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
East Africa -- History -- 20th Century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.
ISBN
:
9780060581763
Publisher
:
New York : HarperTrophy, 2006.
©2005
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Lansdowne | F WHE | Book | 30180000058044 | Fiction |