Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
by Katherine Rundell
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 48,315
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 167608, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Orphans--Fiction
- Zimbabweans
- Schools
- London
- England
- Orphans
- Boarding schools--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Zimbabwe--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
- Zimbabweans--England--London--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
- Zimbabwe
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Boarding schools
- England--Fiction
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
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