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Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

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Main Author: Whelan, Gloria (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperTrophy, 2006, c2005.
Edition:1st Harper Trophy ed.
Subjects:
Self-realization > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Physicians > Juvenile fiction.
Africa, East > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936 > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.
Physical Description:194 pages ; 20 cm.
Audience:6.0
5-8
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780060581763
006058176X
9781415698662
0329473603
9780329473600
141569866X
Author Notes:Gloria Whelan was born on November 23, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. She took a strong interest in reading early in life when she was bedridden for a year with rheumatic fever. She dictated stories to her sister who would then type them. She then went on to writing poetry and later editing her high school newspaper. She attended the University of Michigan and earned her B.S.degree and M.S.W. degree. She began working as a social worker in Minneapolis and Detroit. She soon became tired of Detroit's hectic pace and moved to a cabin in northern Michigan.This peace was disrupted by an oil company 's desire to drill on her property. Because she did not own the mineral rights, the drilling proceeded. This experience inspired Gloria Whelan to write her children's novel, A Clearing in the Forest in 1978, which was about a boy working on an oilrig. Gloria Whelan has written several works of fiction for children and adults, many set in rural Michigan. She has also written stories set in exotic places like China and India. She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for Homeless Bird - the story of a young woman in India abandoned by her mother-in-law.

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