The Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya
by Jane Kelley
A self-centered African gray parrot named Zeno is on his own in Brooklyn after his... read more
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- Grade
- 3-6
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 37,309
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 520L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 162854, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Sick children--Juvenile fiction
- African gray parrot--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction
- Sick children--Fiction
- Parrots--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Parrots--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds
- Parrots
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- African gray parrot
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Sick children
- Friendship
- Lists With This Book
- Comforting Reads
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