The Milk of Birds
by Sylvia Whitman
Nawra is a fourteen-year-old Muslim girl living in a refugee camp in the Darfur region... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2013
Word Count 81,572
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 157840, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Darfur (Sudan)
- Refugees
- Letters--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Pen pals
- Genocide
- Darfur (Sudan)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Letters
- Pen pals--Fiction
- Sudan--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Friendship--Fiction
- Refugees--Fiction
- Friendship
- Genocide--Fiction
- Sudan
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
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About the Author 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2023
Finalist, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2013
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