Just South of Home
by Karen Strong
African American Sarah is less than thrilled when her grumpy cousin Janie arrives... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Mystery
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 55,493
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 503174, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
- Ghost stories
- Family life
- Supernatural
- Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
- Ghosts--Fiction
- Georgia
- Ghosts
- African Americans--Fiction
- Family life--Georgia--Fiction
- Georgia--Fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Supernatural--Fiction
- African Americans
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