When the Crickets Stopped Singing
by Marilyn Cram Donahue
Set in the summer of 1939, this historical novel for readers aged 10-14 tells the... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 68,063
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193708, 10 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Female friendship
- Crimes against
- Child sexual abuse--Juvenile fiction
- Children--Crimes against--United States--Juvenile fiction
- Girls
- Small town life--Fiction
- Social life and customs
- Child sexual abuse--Fiction
- California--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Girls--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Sexual Abuse
- Secrets--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Trials--Fiction
- Female friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Female friendship--Fiction
- Child sexual abuse
- Historical fiction
- Children
- Neighbors--Fiction
- California
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- Trust--Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction
- Girls--Juvenile fiction
- Christian life--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Trials--Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Neighbors--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
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