Donavan's Word Jar
by Monalisa DeGross and Cheryl Hanna
Third grader Donavan Allen collects words like other kids collect trading cards.... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1998
Word Count 6,376
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 69710, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Vocabulary--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
- Vocabulary
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
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