Waiting for the Owl's Call
by Gloria Whelan and Pascal Milelli
Eight-year-old Zulviya, her sister and her cousin, her mother and her grandmother...... read more
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
Year Published 2009
Word Count 1,364
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 135218
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Turkmen--Social life and customs
- Girls
- Girls--Afghanistan--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Rugs, Turkmen--Social aspects--Juvenile literature
- Weavers--Afghanistan--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Turkmen--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- Social aspects
- Turkmen
- Weaving
- Rugs, Turkmen
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Afghanistan
- Weavers
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gloria Whelan
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About the Authors 4
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
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