Stones for My Father
by Trilby Kent
Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2011
Word Count 39,903
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 143408, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- South Africa--Juvenile fiction
- South Africa--History--Fiction
- South Africa
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- South Africa--Fiction
- Afrikaners--Juvenile fiction
- South African War, 1899-1902
- Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Concentration camps--South Africa--Fiction
- South African War, 1899-1902--Juvenile fiction
- Afrikaners
- Africa
- Afrikaners--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Africa
- Canadians--South Africa--Juvenile fiction
- South African War, 1899-1902--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Trilby Kent “Researching and writing a historical fiction novel”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 3

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2012

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2022
English Winner, 2012
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