Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan.
By: Whelan, Gloria.
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BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: 194, [5] p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0060581743; 0060581751; 9780060581749 (trade bdg.); 0060581743 (trade bdg.); 0060581751 (lib. bdg.).Subject(s): Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction | Africa, East -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction | Physicians -- Juvenile fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Juvenile fiction | Self-realization -- Fiction | Africa, East -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Physicians -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Awards: D.C.F. Award 2006-07.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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]).
D.C.F. Award 2006-07.
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