At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 1999
Word Count 18,504
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1070L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 30837, 3 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- Nigerians
- Africa, West
- Oyo State
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Friends and associates--Juvenile literature
- Nigeria
- Victoria
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Europe
- Princesses--Nigeria--Oyo State--Biography--Juvenile literature
- 19th century
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Friends and associates
- Women
- Friends and associates
- Missionaries' spouses
- Great Britain
- Nigerians--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Missionaries' spouses--Africa, West--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Princesses
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, b. 1843?
- Africans--Great Britain--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers
- History
- Africans
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, 1843?---Juvenile literature
- Court and courtiers
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
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