num_pages: 194
description: 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.
language: English
title: Listening for Lions
titlecomplete: Listening for Lions
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Teen, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 3944
places: England, Africa, East Africa
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins