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Can I read Listening for Lions on EtoBox?
Listening for Lions by Whelan, Gloria is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Listening for Lions about?
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 irresistible novel entangles an orphaned girl in a deceit filled plot. Young Rachel Sheridan is made to leave her beloved Africa for England, where she must pose as the deceased daughter of a nefarious couple in an effort to gain them an enormous inheritance. Her irrepressible spirit and extraordinary wit turn her from victim to heroine in a surprising and empowering tale of a remarkable young woman.
Who reads Listening for Lions?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Whelan, Gloria
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.03 / 5 (2,662 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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