Pub Date: October 10, 2006
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0900
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.55" H x 7.66" L x 5.22" W ( 0.31 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration Immigration and Refugees | Historical | Africa | Family | Orphans and Foster Homes | Religious | Christian Historical | Animals | Birds | Readers | Chapter Books | Europe | Girls and Women | Places | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Values and Virtues
Description: Thirteen-year-old Rachel Sheridan is left an orphan after influenza takes the lives of her missionary parents in British East Africa in 1919. National Book Award-winning author Whelan crafts a wickedly delicious story of treachery and triumph, in which one young woman must claim her true identity in order to forge her own future and transform herself from victim to heroine.
Brief description:
Gloria Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award; Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect; Angel on the Square; Burying the Sun; Once on This Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Return to the Island. She lives in the woods of northern Michigan.
Review Quotes:
"With a nod to Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, Burnett's The Secret Garden, and Spyri's Heidi, Whelan spins a tale full of mystery and intrigue. - The Horn Book
"In the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett. An old-fashioned and enjoyable read." - School Library Journal
"Fueled with old-fashioned girl power." - ALA Booklist (starred review)