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Journey

Journey

By Patricia MacLachlan, illustrated by Barry Moser

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 4.8

Lexile Measure®: 630L

DRA: 40

Guided Reading: S

Genre

  • General Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Character and Values
  • Culture and Diversity

Reading Quiz Programs

SRC! Quiz

About This Book

When his mother abandons him when he is eleven, Journey goes to live with his grandparents, where he reconstructs family history with old pictures that help him understand why his mother left.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Patricia MacLachlan
An American author of children's picture books and novels for middle-grade readers, Patricia MacLachlan, b. Patricia Pritzkau in Cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. 3, 1938, frequently focuses her stories on the family.
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