The Leanin' Dog
by K.A. Nuzum
More than anything, Dessa Dean needed a friend. A friend to love and confide... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 46,016
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126985, 7 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Colorado
- Human-animal relationships
- Winter
- Colorado--History--1876-1950--Fiction
- Animal rescue
- 1876-1950
- Dogs--Fiction
- Dogs
- Winter--Fiction
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Animal rescue--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
- Friendship
- Grief
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- Books From All 50 States - Colorado
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