Bird in a Box
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Sean Qualls
This novel set primarily in 1937 builds to the historic boxing match between Joe... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 40,861
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 143646
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Orphans--Fiction
- Louis, Joe
- Orphans
- Grief--Fiction
- New York (State)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Grief
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Orphanages
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Orphanages--Fiction
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