Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and Viviana Mazza
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2018
Word Count 44,495
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199334, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Africa--Juvenile fiction
- Women--Crimes against
- Child sexual abuse--Fiction
- Chibok (African people)--Juvenile fiction
- Nigeria
- Kidnapping victims--Juvenile fiction
- Women--Crimes against--Juvenile fiction
- Chibok (African people)
- Survival--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Africa
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Boko Haram--Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence
- Child sexual abuse
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Children--Crimes against
- Kidnapping victims--Nigeria--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Boko Haram
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Africa
- Terrorist organizations
- Kidnapping victims
- Africa
- Survival
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Africa
- Terrorism--Nigeria--Fiction
- Terrorist organizations--Juvenile fiction
- Boko Haram--Fiction
- Children--Crimes against--Juvenile fiction
- Terrorism
- Young Adult Fiction
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2019
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2019
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2019
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