Year Published 2009

Word Count 26,265

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 610L
• ATOS Reading Level: 4.1

• AR Quiz Numbers
• Quiz 130508, 4.0 AR Points

• Curricular Area
• English Language Arts
• Social Studies

• Subject Headings
• Veterans--Juvenile fiction
• Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
• Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction
• Hearing impaired--Juvenile fiction
• Mental illness--Fiction
• Hearing impaired--Fiction
• People with disabilities--Juvenile fiction
• Illegal aliens--Fiction
• Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
• Africans--United States--Juvenile fiction
• Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
• Veterans
• Africans
• Interpersonal relations--Fiction
• United States
• Mental illness
• Illegal aliens
• Africans--United States--Fiction
• People with disabilities--Fiction
• Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
• Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
• People with disabilities
• Veterans--Fiction
• Interpersonal relations
• Mental illness--Juvenile fiction
• Hearing impaired
• Bronx (New York, N.Y.)