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Author:

Whelan, Gloria.

Title:

Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan.

Edition:

1st Harper Trophy ed.

Publisher:

Harper Trophy,

Copyright Date:

2006, c2005

Description:

194 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Self-realization.--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Physicians.--Fiction.
Self-realization--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Physicians.--Juvenile fiction.
Africa, East--History--20th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936.--Fiction.
Africa, East--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]).

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.

ISBN:

9780060581763 (pbk.)
006058176X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)73668407

Locations:

HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)