Behind the Mountains
by Edwidge Danticat
Celiane, her mother and older brother, Moy, are living in Haiti while her father... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Cultural Experience
- African (Global)
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2002
Word Count 29,329
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 940L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 65424, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration
- Haiti--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Haitian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants
- Haiti
- Diaries
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Haitian Americans--Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Haitian Americans
- Diaries--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Teaching About Haiti
- Teaching About Immigration
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Edwidge Danticat
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Interview with Edwidge Danticat
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Américas Award, 1993-2022
Honor, 2002
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