- Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction
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.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Gloria Whelan
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 194
- Publisher
- Harper Trophy, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060581756
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American poet, novelist, and short-story writer for children. (Polish) Amerykańska autorka bestsellerów dla dzieci i młodzieży. W 2000 roku zdobyła National Book Award, najbardziej prestiżową amerykańską nagrodę literacką, właśnie za "Bezdomnego ptaka". Whelan pisze powieści historyczne, z których wiele rozgrywa się w egzotycznej scenerii (komunistyczna Rosja, Wietnam). Mieszka z mężem w lasach nad jeziorem Michigan. I began making up stories before I could write...
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