Where the Flame Trees Bloom
by Alma Flor Ada and Antonio Martorell • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
In eleven wonderfully entertaining chapters, Ada recreates scenes and characterizes... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 1994
Word Count 11,399
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 44230, 2 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Families--Cuba--Juvenile literature
- Cuba--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- Authors, American
- Cuban American women
- 20th century
- Ada, Alma Flor
- Family life--Cuba
- Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Cuban American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Family life
- Authors, Cuban--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Authors, Cuban
- Homes and haunts
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Intellectual life
- Cuba--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature
- Families
- Cuba--Social life and customs
- Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth
- Childhood and youth
- Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts--Cuba--Juvenile literature
- Cuba
- Lists With This Book
- Family & Friends: Hispanic Heritage
- Autobiography & Memoir: Hispanic
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1994
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