Sami and the Time of the Troubles
by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland, and Ted Lewin
Ten-year-old Sami and his family live contemporary Beirut, Lebanon. Sometimes the... read more
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- Grade
- 3-6
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 1992
Word Count 1,718
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 6240, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Family
- Boys
- Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990--Fiction
- Lebanon
- Civil War, 1975-1990
- Family life
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Family life--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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Selection, 1992
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