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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book is about a little girl whose parents are missionaries in Northern Africa that came from England. The parents grew up as orphans. When her parents moved to Africa, her father was a doctor for the local tribes and her mother was a teacher. On Sundays, the father would become the minister for an outdoor "church" gathering. The parents die to influenza and a greedy couple take the girl in. This couple sends her to England disguised as their dead daughter to meet the wealthy grandfather. The grandfather and the girl become good friends and eventually he helps her to return to Africa so she can once again hear the lions roar at night!  lecowan | May 19, 2009 |  A nice story, a bit like the Secret Garden. The main character's parents die in an epidemic and she is sent to live with a rich family's grandfather, pretending to be the granddaughter, who died in the same epidemic. (  ) kdebros | Apr 19, 2009 | loved this. sad but full of hope (  ) mahallett | Mar 30, 2009 | I thought that this book had a good story and point, what I didn't like was that this book was separated into three parts. ( ) PonZi | Oct 15, 2008 | Can Rachel fool the Pritchards father into believing that she is his grandaughter or be caught and sent to the orhanage before she can figure out a way to return to her beloved Africa. ( ) lindamamak | Oct 2, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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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 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.
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