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The Girl Who Saw Lions
Berlie Doherty
ISBN: 9781842706893
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd
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"Be strong, my Abela." These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die, to be sick or to be healthy, is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas' scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant?
"Be strong, my Abela." These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die, to be sick or to be healthy, is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas' scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant? "I don't want a sister or brother," thinks Rosa in England, when her mother tells her that she wants to adopt a child. Could these two girls ever become sisters? Is there room in Rosa's family for an African orphan haunted by lions? Is there room in their hearts? Abela is a powerful and moving story based on true life from Carnegie award winning author Berlie Doherty writing at her very best.
| ISBN | 1842706896 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9781842706893
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 326 | | Publisher | Andersen Press Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Andersen Press Ltd | | Height (mm) | 205 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 138 | | Publication date | 05 Jul 2007 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | Children | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | from 12 |
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