The Penalty
by Mal Peet
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2007
Word Count 52,387
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 119124
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- South America--Fiction
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction
- Slavery--Fiction
- Missing persons--Juvenile fiction
- South America
- Journalists
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Soccer
- Soccer--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- South America--Juvenile fiction
- Voodooism
- Vodou--Juvenile fiction
- South America--History--To 1806--Juvenile fiction
- Missing persons--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | General
- Slavery
- South America--History.--To 1806--Fiction
- Missing persons
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Journalists--Fiction
- Journalists--Juvenile fiction
- Soccer stories
- Vodou--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Soccer
- Historical fiction
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