Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in... read more
Year Published 2003
Word Count 83,197
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 75661, 13 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Fathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction
- Nigeria--Fiction
- Children of the rich--Fiction
- Teenage girls--Fiction
- Religious fanaticism--Fiction
- Fiction | Literary
- Aunts
- Brothers and sisters
- Teenage girls
- Domestic fiction
- Nigeria
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Aunts--Fiction
- Religious fanaticism
- Love stories
- Coups d'eÌtat--Fiction
- Coups d'etat
- Bildungsromans
- Children of the rich
- Lists With This Book
- Black History
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