Listening for lions /
Whelan, Gloria,
Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan. - First Harper Trophy edition. - 194 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 199).
Bk. 1. Rachel Sheridan -- bk. 2. Valerie Pritchard -- bk. 3. Rachel Pritchard.
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.
Ages 10 up.
006058176X 9780060581763 0329473603 9781415698662 9780329473600 141569866X 9781439547755 1439547750
9780060581763
Self-realization--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Physicians--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Juvenile fiction.
Africa, East--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan. - First Harper Trophy edition. - 194 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 199).
Bk. 1. Rachel Sheridan -- bk. 2. Valerie Pritchard -- bk. 3. Rachel Pritchard.
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.
Ages 10 up.
006058176X 9780060581763 0329473603 9781415698662 9780329473600 141569866X 9781439547755 1439547750
9780060581763
Self-realization--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Physicians--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Juvenile fiction.
Africa, East--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.