When the Whippoorwill Calls
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“Young Polly describes how her family is removed from their land in the Blue Ridge Mountains when the government buys it to create Shenandoah National Park. They are given a modern house and land in exchange, but they miss the hills they have calledhome….Stunning.”–School Library Journal.
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Kimberly Bulcken Root is the award-winning artist of several books for children. Her work includes When the Whippoorwill Calls, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Hugh Can Do and The Toll Bridge Troll, both ALA Notable Books; and gulliver in lilliput, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She lives with her husband, illustrator Barry Root, and their children, Janna, Samuel, and Benjamin, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780688127299
- Publication Date
- September 19, 1995
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1995
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 32
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- Lexile® Level
- 630L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 18248
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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