Listening+for+Lions

=//Listening For Lions// by Gloria Whelan= 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. Read about the author at: [|www.gloriawhelan.com/]


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