What Elephants Know
by Eric Dinerstein
Abandoned in the jungle of the Nepalese Borderlands, two-year-old Nandu is found... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
- South Asian
Year Published 2016
Word Count 58,653
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 181901, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- 20th century
- Nepal
- Orphans--Fiction
- Jungle animals--Fiction
- Jungles--Fiction
- Orphans
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Elephants
- Elephants
- India
- Jungles
- India--History--20th century--Fiction
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Jungle animals
- Elephants--Fiction
- Nepal--History--20th century--Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 3
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2023
Winner, 2017
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2016
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