Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
by Joseph Lekuton
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya... read more
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- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2003
Word Count 24,557
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 72261, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Maasai (African people)--Kenya--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- Lekuton, Joseph--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Lekuton, Joseph
- Blacks
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- Maasai (African people)
- Kenya
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Boys & Men
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Maasai (African people)--Biography
- Maasai (African people)--Kenya--Social life and customs
- Young Adult Biography
- Maasai (African people)--Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Blacks--Kenya--Biography
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