Listening for lions

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The work Listening for lions represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dunkirk Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Listening for lions

Statement of responsibility

Gloria Whelan

Creator

• trueWhelan, Gloria
• Whelan, Gloria

Subject

• Africa, East -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Africa, East -- History -- Fiction
• trueDeception
• trueEast Africa -- History
• Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936
• Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction
• trueGrief
• trueGrief in teenage girls
• Historical fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Historical fiction
• trueImpostors
• trueOrphans
• Orphans -- Fiction
• trueParent-separated teenage girls
• Physicians -- Fiction
• trueSelf-fulfillment
• Self-realization -- Fiction
• trueTeenage girls
• trueThirteen-year-old girls
• trueWomen's role
• trueHonesty
• true1910s -- 1910 -- 1919

Genre

• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, 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

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueFeel-good

Cataloging source

ICrlF

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 6.0
• 5-8
• 900

Intended audience source

• Follett Library Resources
• Follett Library Resources
• Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.W5718

LC item number

Li 2006

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

900

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 8

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent