Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.9
Lexile Measure®: 680L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: X
Genre
- General Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Loyalty
- Friends and Friendship
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. When she is given a task that no other community member can carry out, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world--and to find out what exists beyond it.About the Authors or Illustrators
Two-time Newbery Medal winner Lois Lowry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Today she lives and writes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a house dominated by a very shaggy Tibetan terrier named Bandit. Her hobbies include gardening, knitting, and photography. Her own photos appear on the covers of her award-winning books Number the Stars and The Giver.
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