The Mouse Rap
by Walter Dean Myers
An action-filled urban tall tale includes upbeat 14-year-old Mouse's summer involvements... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1990
Word Count 32,744
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 5278, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Buried treasure
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Buried treasure--Fiction
- Birds--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Birds--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Treasure troves
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 1

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Selection, 1990
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