When I Was a Soldier
by Valerie Zenatti and Adriana Hunter
Valérie Zenatti’s memoir of her two-year compulsory service in the Israeli... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 2005
Word Count 53,187
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 86149, 9 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Women soldiers--Israel--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | Middle East | Israel & Palestine
- Israel--Armed Forces--Biography
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
- Zenatti, Valérie, 1970-
- Jews, French--Israel--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
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Awards & Distinctions 4

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2023
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2006
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