The Year We Sailed the Sun
by Theresa Nelson
Orphaned Julia never expected to be sent away, especially not to the ill-named House... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 80,941
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 940L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173371, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Orphans--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
- Orphans
- Gangsters--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experi
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster
- Gangsters
- Conduct of life
- Nuns
- St. Louis (Mo.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- History
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Orphanages
- Behavior--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States
- Nuns--Fiction
- Behavior
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Orphanages--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
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