Dark Water
by Laura McNeal
Everything in Pearl’s life feels unsettled: money is scarce, her mom is depressed,... read more
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2010
Word Count 62,742
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 139547, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- California--Fiction
- Divorce--Fiction
- Wildfires--Fiction
- Divorce
- Family life--California--Fiction
- Illegal aliens
- Homeless persons--Fiction
- Cousins--Fiction
- California
- Family life
- Cousins
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
- Illegal aliens--Fiction
- Homeless persons
- Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance
- Wildfires
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Lists With This Book
- Fiction Books, 9-10
- Immigration, 6-12
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