Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
by Ryan Smithson
Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years later,... read more
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- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 65,622
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 131226, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American--Juvenile literature
- Smithson, Ryan
- Smithson, Ryan--Juvenile literature
- Soldiers
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Values & Virtues
- United States
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Soldiers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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