Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories
by David Almond and Eleanor Taylor
David Almond shares dimensions of his childhood growing up in the working class town... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
Year Published 2015
Word Count 38,430
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 176921
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Richard Halverson
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