The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults): Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America
by Lauren Markham
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2019
Word Count 56,288
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 890L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 504974, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Refugees--California--Oakland--Social conditions--Juvenile literature
- Oakland
- Emigration and immigration
- El Salvador--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature
- Unaccompanied immigrant children--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Illegal aliens--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Salvadoran Americans--California--Oakland--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Flores, Raul, 1997---Juvenile literature
- United States
- Refugees
- Social conditions
- Salvadorans--California--Oakland--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Salvadorans
- California
- Salvadoran Americans
- Illegal aliens
- Unaccompanied immigrant children
- El Salvador
- Flores, Raul
- Twin brothers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Flores, Ernesto, 1997---Juvenile literature
- Twin brothers
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature
- Flores, Ernesto
- Ethnic Issues
- Lists With This Book
- Hispanic Heritage Month Books
- Global History and Social Studies 11-12
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020
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