Mira in the Present Tense
by Sita Brahmachari
Mira's twelfth birthday is bittersweet. It's the day she starts her period. And it's... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 69,958
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173467, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Diaries
- Secrets--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Secrecy
- Grief
- Diaries--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Family life
- Secrecy--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Grief--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Diaries--Fiction
- Secrets
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Awards & Distinctions 2
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Selection, 2014
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Grades 6-8 Selection, 2014
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