Dactyl Hill Squad
by Daniel José Older • Book 1 of the Dactyl Hill Squad Series
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- 5-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2018
Word Count 48,004
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 198166, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Orphans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Brothers and sisters
- Orphans
- Riots
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Race riots
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Race riots--Juvenile fiction
- Riots--Fiction
- Orphans--Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Dinosaurs--Fiction
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- History
- Adventure stories
- Race relations--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- New York (N.Y.)
- Adventure and adventurers
- Race relations
- New York (N.Y.)--Race relations--Juvenile fiction
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