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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... read more
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This story is about a 13 year old girl named Rachel Sheriden who lives in kenya with her parents who are doctors that run a hospital there. When her parents die, a couple approaches her and asks her to pose as their dead daughter. They send her to England to live with an older man in hopes... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“(If you are among evil people,)...Endure for awhile, and live for a happier day. -quoting Virgil”
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Her eyes were very bright and inquisitive, like a bird hunting among the grasses for insects.
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It crept up on us like the hyenas I heard at night from my window, drawn to us, Kanoro said, by the smell of death.
Glossary edit
- baba: father
- bati: corrugated iron
- bibi: miss
- bwana: mister or master
- memsahib: mistress
- mtoto: child
- mzimu: dead person
- ngoma: a ceremonial dance
- nina itwa: I am called
- nozuri: wondrous
- panga: a broad-bladed knife
- popo: a bat
- posho: maize porridge
- shamba: farm
- sobai: good morning
- tumaini: hope
- uhuru: freedom
- wasiwasi: worries, troubles
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- Gloria Whelan (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0060581743
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0060581743
Page Count: 208
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- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( W ) › Whelan, Gloria
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Africa
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Europe
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Orphans & Foster Homes
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
- Books › Children's Books › Literature
- Books › Children's Books › Issues
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