While I Was Away
Waka T. Brown
A girl navigates identity and belonging in 1980s Japan, caught between two cultures.
Book details
- Lexile
- 800L
- ATOS
- 5.1
- AR interest
- MG
- AR points
- 10
- Word count
- 65800
- Fountas & Pinnell
- S
- Format
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Quill Tree Books
- Published
- January 26, 2021
- Pages
- 310
- ISBN-13
- 9780063017115
- Language
- English
Reading lists that include this book
- 2022Older Readers
- 2022Twelve to Fourteen
- 2021All readers
Sources
- While I Was AwaySource for: Description · Lexile · ATOS · AR interest · AR points · Word count · Fountas & Pinnell
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