The Butterfly
by Patricia Polacco
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2000
Word Count 3,253
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 43946
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Jews
- Jews--France--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction
- German occupation, 1940-1945
- History
- Jews--France--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Holocaust
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--France--Juvenile fiction
- France
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
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