Listening for Lions By: Maya Orbach Listening for Lions is a great book to read. I would rate it a 4 stars from a scale of 1 to 5. This book is written by Gloria Whelan, as I have listed before it is called Listening for Lions. It is 194 pages. HarperTrophy is the publisher and the date of the publishing is 2005. I wanted to compare Listening for Lions to Chu Ju’s House, a novel we have read this year. In Chu Ju’s House the differences are the country: China, her parents live throughout the book, and she finds love and gets married. In Listening for Lions Rachel, the main character, lives in Africa in the early part of the book and then a change occurs during the book, suddenly she is moved to England, and finally back to Africa, she does not marry neither has a relationship. I think that both characters, Chu Ju and Rachel are similar. They basically have the traits of courage, bravery, kindness and respect. In Chu Ju’s House Chu Ju, runs away from her house so that her little sister, can be kept in the family. In Listening for Lions Rachel, although does not leave her house by choice, has to go to the Pritchards, a family that had lost their daughter in a harsh case of the Influenza. She then, has to move on with her life, just like Chu Ju, and be brave. There are many examples to Rachel’s kindness, she helped her grandfather, was kind to the people in Africa, and wanted to be a doctor so she could go back to Tumaini to help the less fortunate. On the other hand, Chu Ju does not do something like helping a hospital, but discovers what true friendship is throughout the book. She kept her sister safe, and the people around her, all because she cared. I think that these two girls are sort of like role models. Both had to face issues and both succeeded in most cases, they learned to have hope and were so brave in their actions. Listening for Lions is in first person POV. The setting majorly takes place in Africa and England. Rachel faced some conflicts for example: Rachel had an internal conflict, where she had wanted to tell her grandfather the truth that she is not Valerie, yet was afraid that the consequences of his disappointment about Valerie would kill him. There were some external conflicts too, like when Rachel does not get the Influenza and defeats it, yet her parents did not. That is an example of human vs. nature. Another external conflict is Rachel escaping the Prtichards apartment in London. Although some parts in the book moved slowly and some quite fast, I enjoyed most of it. I thought it was inspiring, well written and suspenseful towards the end. This is my visual book report.
Listening for LionsBy: Maya Orbach
Listening for Lions is a great book to read. I would rate it a 4 stars from a scale of 1 to 5. This book is written by Gloria Whelan, as I have listed before it is called Listening for Lions. It is 194 pages. HarperTrophy is the publisher and the date of the publishing is 2005. I wanted to compare Listening for Lions to Chu Ju’s House, a novel we have read this year. In Chu Ju’s House the differences are the country: China, her parents live throughout the book, and she finds love and gets married. In Listening for Lions Rachel, the main character, lives in Africa in the early part of the book and then a change occurs during the book, suddenly she is moved to England, and finally back to Africa, she does not marry neither has a relationship. I think that both characters, Chu Ju and Rachel are similar. They basically have the traits of courage, bravery, kindness and respect. In Chu Ju’s House Chu Ju, runs away from her house so that her little sister, can be kept in the family. In Listening for Lions Rachel, although does not leave her house by choice, has to go to the Pritchards, a family that had lost their daughter in a harsh case of the Influenza. She then, has to move on with her life, just like Chu Ju, and be brave. There are many examples to Rachel’s kindness, she helped her grandfather, was kind to the people in Africa, and wanted to be a doctor so she could go back to Tumaini to help the less fortunate. On the other hand, Chu Ju does not do something like helping a hospital, but discovers what true friendship is throughout the book. She kept her sister safe, and the people around her, all because she cared. I think that these two girls are sort of like role models. Both had to face issues and both succeeded in most cases, they learned to have hope and were so brave in their actions. Listening for Lions is in first person POV. The setting majorly takes place in Africa and England. Rachel faced some conflicts for example: Rachel had an internal conflict, where she had wanted to tell her grandfather the truth that she is not Valerie, yet was afraid that the consequences of his disappointment about Valerie would kill him. There were some external conflicts too, like when Rachel does not get the Influenza and defeats it, yet her parents did not. That is an example of human vs. nature. Another external conflict is Rachel escaping the Prtichards apartment in London. Although some parts in the book moved slowly and some quite fast, I enjoyed most of it. I thought it was inspiring, well written and suspenseful towards the end.