The Orange Houses
by Paul Griffin
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Disability
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.)
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