Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis
On a cross-country road trip with their standoffish grandmother, Mare, resentful... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 80,418
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 130505, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Alabama--History--1819-1950--Fiction
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps--Juvenile fiction
- Automobile travel--Juvenile fiction
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Grandmothers
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- Sisters
- Automobile travel
- 1819-1950
- Sisters--Fiction
- African Americans
- History
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--Alabama--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction
- Alabama
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction
- Families
- Automobile travel--Fiction
- Families--Alabama--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Alabama--History--1819-1950--Juvenile fiction
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