Now Is the Time for Running
by Michael Williams
Fifteen-year-old Deo and his older, developmentally disabled brother Innocent barely... read more
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- 5-12
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- Adventure
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- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Disability
- African
Year Published 2011
Word Count 52,309
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 146533, 7 AR Points
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- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
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- Subject Headings
- People with mental disabilities
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- Refugees
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- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Soccer
- Soccer--Fiction
- Blacks
- Survival--Fiction
- Homeless persons--Fiction
- Zimbabwe--Fiction
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- Survival
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- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Refugees--Fiction
- Soccer
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