Li Lun, Lad of Courage
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
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9 - 12
Reading
age
96
Page
count
176
Words
per page
720L
Lexile
measure
Oct 1, 1995
Publication
date
What's This Book About
Publisher Summary
Newbery Honor book Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.
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Kurt Wiese illustrated almost three hundred books for children. Books he both wrote and illustrated include You Can Write Chinese and Fish in the Air. Both stories were named Caldecott Honor Books, and reflect his experiences as a traveler in China where he lived for six years. Mr. Wiese died in 1974.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780802774682
- Publication Date
- October 1, 1995
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
- Page Count
- 96
- Words Per Page
- 176
- Reading Age
- 9 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 95011285
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 32589139
- Lexile® Level
- 720L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 3
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 20309
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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