Soldier Bear
by Bibi Dumon Tak and Philip Hopman
During World War II, a Polish supply unit serving in Iran encountered a young boy... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 2011
Word Count 30,412
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 146245
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Italy--History--1914-1945--Fiction
- Soldiers
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Bears
- Mascots
- World War, 1939-1945
- 1914-1945
- Iran--History--Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979--Fiction
- Bears
- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979
- 1918-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Juvenile fiction
- Brown bear
- Soldiers--Fiction
- Poland
- Bears--Fiction
- Iran
- Wojtek (Bear), 1942-1963
- Brown bear--Fiction
- History
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Fiction
- Italy
- Mascots--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Poland--History--1918-1945--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
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Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2012

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Selection, 2012

Mildred L. Batchelder Award, 1997-2020
Winner, 2012

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2020
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2012
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