Parched
by Melanie Crowder
A compelling survival story is set in a future unsettled by global warming. Sarel... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 22,707
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 890L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 158672, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa
- Survival--Fiction
- Droughts--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survi
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | Environment
- Rhodesian ridgeback--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
- JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / Environment
- Rhodesian ridgeback
- JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World
- Africa--Fiction
- Dogs--Fiction
- Dogs
- Africa
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
- Survival
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
- Drought
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Awards & Distinctions 2

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2013
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