Listening for lions
1st ed.
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Word Count
48,500 words, Guess
Page Count
194 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelisteningforlion00whel
- Internet Archivelisteningforlion00whel_0
- ISBN-100060581743
- ISBN-100060581751
- ISBN-139780060581749
and 7 more
- ISBN-139780060581756
- LibraryThing703614
- Goodreads1150388', '870659
- Library of Congress Control Number2004020844
- Better World Books9780060581749
- Better World Books9780060581756
- Open LibraryOL3296611M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.W5718 Li 2005
- LCCPZ7.W5718Li 2005
Description
Historical fiction with a wicked twist.Listening for Lions is a breathtaking story of tragedy, deception, and triumph against all odds. National Book Award–winning author Gloria Whelan sets this richly historical coming–of–age adventure in British East Africa in the year 1918. This irresistible novel entangles an orphaned girl in a deceit filled plot. Young Rachel Sheridan is made to leave her beloved Africa for England, where she must pose as the deceased daughter of a nefarious couple in an effort to gain them an enormous inheritance. Her irrepressible spirit and extraordinary wit turn her from victim to heroine in a surprising and empowering tale of a remarkable young woman.
Description
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.
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