Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, 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.
2007-2008 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.7
Published by Harper Collins
Copyright July 26, 2005
ISBN# 0-06-058175-1 (PB)
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