Paper Wishes
by Lois Sepahban
Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Disability
Year Published 2016
Word Count 28,219
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 179191, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction
- Japanese Americans
- Manzanar War Relocation Center--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
- World War, 1939-1945
- Manzanar War Relocation Center
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Selective mutism--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration
- United States
- Selective mutism
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Family life--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: EL Education, Grades 6-8
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2016
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