Wombat Waiting
by Katherine Applegate
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Year Published 2026
Word Count 14,428
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 558879, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- Families
- Fate and fatalism--Fiction
- Survival
- JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
- Novels in verse
- Fires
- Fate and fatalism
- Dogs--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
- Pet adoption--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
- Survival--Fiction
- Rescue animals--Fiction
- Families--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- Fires--Fiction
- Dogs
- Pet adoption
- Wildfires
- Wildfires--Fiction
- Animal rescue
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- Read with Jenna Junior 2026
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