Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
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Book Reviews of Listening for Lions
Book Review: Wonderful Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Listening for Lions, by Gloria Whelan was a great book! I only finished reading it. It held me for hours.
This book is about Rachel Sheridan, whose parents work in Africa as missionary doctor and teacher. Rachel has grown up in Africa, and loves every bit of it. The people, the animals, the land, the sky, the weather. After her parents die from the sudden influenza that strikes Tumaini, where she lives, she has to stay with the Pritchards, her English neighbors who also lost their daughter. Soon, Rachel is caught up in their deceitful, greedy scheme and is being shipped to England to possibly save an old man...by lying and posing as someone she isn't. Though she's in England, trying to tell the truth and yet not succeeding, her heart is still back in Africa with the people of Tumaini.
From the maybe third chapter to the end of part two, this book was absolutely fabulous and gripping. Although I thought the ending wasn't as strong as it might've been, I think it was satisfying enough. Told from first person in a most curiously simple and powerful voice, this is a great book! :D I love the figurative language she uses, and how she uses them to show her feelings. Yes, you should get this book. :)
I love the cover art, too.
Book Review: Great story and two great settings (Africa, England)
Summary: 5 Stars
Captivating story of a young girl, raised in Africa, orphaned by the influenza epidemic in 1919, and sent to England. There is a twist, which I won't reveal here, but if you like orphan stories with kindly grandfathers and exotic settings, run right out and read this book. It is aimed at middle school readers, and is perfect for that audience, but older readers would also enjoy it. A one-page Glossary, Author's Note and Bibliography will help interested readers explore further.Book Review: AWESOME STORY
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a HISTORY LESSON wrapped up beautifully in a story. I couldn't stop reading and FEELING for the people in the story plot, it had lots of twists and turns and gave great insight to what the African people actually go through but told in a way that it doesn't leave the reader feeling hopeless and it also was a great MORAL story on trying to choose between money or love and courage or selfishness---just an EXCELLENT STORY all the way around.Book Review: A good read!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always loved Frances Hodgson Burnett's books (A Little Princess, The Secret Garden) and wished there were more. This book by Gloria Whelan definitely fills that void, and then some! The heroine is less passive, and her motivations are made clearer, which makes this book a little more modern in its presentation and possibly more appealing to modern readers than Burnett's books. Rachel is a likable heroine, and the book is an enjoyable read.Book Review: So You Want To Be A Doctor
Summary: 5 Stars
I think that this was the best of the books that I had to read over the summer. The others were good, but this was the best. It has adventureness, tradegy, sort-of espionage and more, so it eserves a 5-star rating. Everything starts with one case of influenza in the huts of Tuimaini, Africa, and many people die-including Rachel Sheridans parents! What will happen to her? A must-read.
-Emma D.