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Listening for lions /
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| Author |
Whelan, Gloria.
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| Call Number |
jFIC WHE |
| Publisher |
New York : HarperCollins, |
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Subject
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Self-realization -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Physicians -- Fiction.
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Juvenile literature.
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Africa, East -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction.
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| Title Statement |
Listening for lions / Gloria Whelan. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
194, [5] p. ; 22 cm. |
| Target Audience |
5 up. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]). |
| Awards Notes |
Young Hoosier Book Award, 2008-2009, 6-8 Nominee. |
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A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| ISBN |
0060581743 |
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0060581751 (lib. bdg.) : |
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9781415698662 |
| LCCN |
2004020844 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1010072 |