Listening for lions /
Whelan, Gloria.
Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan. - 1st Harper Trophy ed. - New York : HarperTrophy, 2006, c2005. - 194 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Wilson's Children, October 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006 School Library Journal, August 2005 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2008 Booklist starred, May 2005 Horn Book Starred, April 2006 Book Links-starred, September 2005 Publisher's Weekly, August 2005 Horn Book, April 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2005
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, 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.
6.0 5-8 Follett Library Resources
006058176X
Self-realization--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Physicians--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
East Africa--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.W5718 / Li 2006
[Fic]
Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan. - 1st Harper Trophy ed. - New York : HarperTrophy, 2006, c2005. - 194 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Wilson's Children, October 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006 School Library Journal, August 2005 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2008 Booklist starred, May 2005 Horn Book Starred, April 2006 Book Links-starred, September 2005 Publisher's Weekly, August 2005 Horn Book, April 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2005
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, 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.
6.0 5-8 Follett Library Resources
006058176X
Self-realization--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Physicians--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
East Africa--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.W5718 / Li 2006
[Fic]