Cartwheeling in thunderstorms
Will must find her way after she's plucked out of a wonderful life in Zimbabwe and forced to go to boarding school in England
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- ISBN: 1442490616
- ISBN: 9781442490611
- Physical Description 248 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition First US edition.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A slightly different version was published in 2011 in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited." |
Target Audience Note: | "Ages 8-12"--Page [2] of cover. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.41 |
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
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Summary
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can't prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers , which Booklist called "a glorious adventure." Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? From the author of the "witty, inventively poetic" Rooftoppers comes an utterly beautiful story that's sure to be treasured.