When the sky falls : (or A is for Adonis) /
Earle, Phil,
When the sky falls : (or A is for Adonis) / Phil Earle. - 309 pages ; 20 cm.
It's 1940, 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?
9781783449651 1783449659
World War, 1939-1945--Children's fiction.
Zoos--Children's fiction.
Gorilla--Children's fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Children's fiction.
823.92
When the sky falls : (or A is for Adonis) / Phil Earle. - 309 pages ; 20 cm.
It's 1940, 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?
9781783449651 1783449659
World War, 1939-1945--Children's fiction.
Zoos--Children's fiction.
Gorilla--Children's fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Children's fiction.
823.92