When the sky falls
Call Number
- J EARL (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022.
Physical Description
312 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Summary
Even though the city faces nightly air raids, in 1941 Joseph is sent to London to live with the gruff Mrs F, who teaches the angry boy how to care for the remaining animals in the city zoo, including a mighty silverback gorilla named Adonis.
Notes
"First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Andersen Press"--T.p. verso
"Inspired by a true story"--Cover
Subjects
- Gorilla > Juvenile fiction.
- Zoos > Juvenile fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Juvenile fiction.
- Gorilla > Fiction.
- Zoos > Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Fiction.
- London (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941 > Juvenile fiction.
- Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Juvenile fiction.
- London (England) > History > Bombardment, 1940-1941 > Fiction.