The Place of Lions

by Eric Campbell

Book Overview

A plane crash strands thirteen-year-old Chris on the immense Serengeti Plain, and only he can save the two injured men whose lives depend on him. "The exciting action in a fascinating setting, coupled... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152624082
• ISBN13: 9780152624088
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great read, despite the language!

I read this book aloud to my 5th grade class every year for several years. By the end of the book they were begging me to read just a little more. This is a wonderful story of survival in a land where everything is designed for survival of the fittest, and the fittest is definitely not a 14 year old boy from England. At times funny, at other times terrifying, this is a must read.

One Great Book

This is a book that I think any body should read. Not because I think some day it will become a classic but just for the simply fact that it is a wonderful book! It brings to life so many wonderful things. So my advice READ IT!

The Place of Lions

I teach upper elementary gifted children, and have been teaching reading through the use of novels for twelve years. The Place of Lions touched me on a profound level. It is a beautiful book highlighting a spiritual connection between a fourteen year old boy and an aging lion. Connections between this novel and the story in The Lion King are easy to make. The Serengeti is portrayed as savage and hostile to intruders, yet the animals who live there are noble and proud as they move through the circle of life. The main characters, Chris Harris and the old lion, struggle along a common path and make a connection that defies explanation or belief. Each one ends up proving that he has a brave heart. Sophisticated readers may appreciate this book the most because it is so much more than a mere action-adventure story. The students in my novel groups have enjoyed The Place of Lions immensely, and I am emotionally moved each time I discuss the book with them. What a treat!

It's good

These book was the best a have never read

A must-read African survival story of faith and courage.

The Place of Lions is a book that personally motivated and inspired me in the beginning of my writing career. It is filled with messages that you must truly contemplate to understand, and spiritual as well as inspirational morals. It has been called 'compelling,' 'thought provoking', and so on, but I can say no more than what I already have---The Place Of Lions is a book of sheer mystical magic, set beneath the hot red eye of Africa. The plot of the book begins when Chris's father decides to mount a vacation in Tanzania for a few years. A horrendous plane crash occurs, landing Chris and his father, as well as the critically wounded pilot, in the unforgiving savannah---right in the middle of the territory of a pride of lions. Chris soon learns that he must travel to the village nearby armed with only a canteen half filled with water to get help. He knows that the journey can not be made alone...but with the help of a lion's strength and courage, he just might make it... ~~~~~