December Secrets
by Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims • Part of the Kids of the Polk Street School Series
Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the... read more
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Beginning / Early Reader
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 1984
Word Count 8,064
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 480L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 5217, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
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