When the sky falls, or, A is for Adonis / Phil Earle.

By:

Earle, Phil [Author]

Publication details: London Andersen Press Limited 2021Description: 309 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781783449651 (pbk.) :

Uniform titles:

2021 Book English

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction

DDC classification:

823.92 23

Summary: It's 1941, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph's amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis's cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?

List(s) this item appears in: Reading Bundle: Historical Fiction (Junior) | Reading Bundle: Realistic Fiction (Junior)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard loan	St Joseph of Cluny Young People's Great Reads section	F PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T05762

Alternative title: A is for Adonias

It's 1941, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph's amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis's cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?

Middle grade fiction.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MY 5.4 11 Quiz number: 240826

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