Listening for lions
by Gloria Whelan
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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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Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Orphans, Physicians, Self-realization, Self-realization -- Fiction, Orphans -- Fiction, Physicians -- Fiction, Africa, East -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction, Orphans, fiction, Physicians, fiction, Children's fiction, Africa, east, fiction, Great britain, history, fictionPlaces
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Ages 10 up.
Includes bibliographical references.
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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.
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