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Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2

Lexile® measure: 660L

DRA: 50

Guided Reading: V

Genre/Theme:

  • Realistic Fiction

Topics:

  • Law
  • Courage
  • Determination and Perseverance
  • Pride and Self-Esteem
  • Resourcefulness
  • Changes and New Experiences
  • Friends and Friendship
  • Friends and Friendship
  • Survival
  • Understanding Self and Others

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Stanley Yelnats has had awful luck his whole life: He's overweight, kids tease him, his family is poor, and now he's accused of a crime he didn't commit! Stanley blames his great-great grandfather, Elya Yelnats, who stole a pig from a gypsy. According to legend, the gypsy put a curse on Elya and all his descendants.

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