Crystal City Lights
by Holly Moulder
In 1943, when her German-born father is accused of plotting to aid the Nazis, twelve-year-old... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Best friends--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Fiction
- Best friends
- World War, 1939-1945
- Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.)--Fiction
- Family life--Texas--Fiction
- Secrets--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Texas--History--20th century--Fiction
- German Americans
- Family life
- German Americans--Fiction
- History
- Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, T
- Texas
- Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.)--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Evacuation of civilians
- Friendship
- Secrets
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Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
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