Lion: A Long Way Home: Young Readers' Edition
by Saroo Brierley • Related Edition: Original
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Asian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 51,790
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1040L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 500419, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Tasmania--Hobart
- Adoption--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Intercountry adoption--India--Juvenile literature
- Intercountry adoption--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Adoption
- India--Kolkata
- Brierley, Saroo.--Family
- Intercountry adoption--India
- Intercountry adoption
- Intercountry adoption--Australia--Tasmania
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Kolkata (India)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Brierley, Saroo.--Travel--India
- India
- Brierley, Saroo--Family--Juvenile literature
- Australia
- Adopted children
- Brierley, Saroo
- Travel
- Brierley, Saroo--Juvenile literature
- East Indians
- East Indians--Australia--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Birthparents--India--Identification--Juvenile literature
- Adoption
- Families
- Birthparents--Identification
- Adopted children--Australia--Tasmania--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Adoption--Australia--Tasmania
- Hobart (Tas.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Tasmania
- Brierley, Saroo--Travel--India--Juvenile literature
- Hobart (Tas.)
- Biography / Autobiography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Kolkata (India.)
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2018
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