A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America
by Emily Arnold McCully
Award-winning author Emily McCully's most adventurous book to date draws a dramatic... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
- American Indian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 75,253
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 190144, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Racially mixed people--United States--Juvenile fiction
- Explorers--United States--Juvenile fiction
- Clark, William
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Charbonneau, Jean-Baptiste, 1805-1866--Fiction
- Charbonneau, Jean-Baptiste, 1805-1866--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Charbonneau, Jean-Baptiste
- 19th century
- Explorers
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- West (U.S.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Indians of North America--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- History
- Clark, William, 1770-1838--Juvenile fiction
- West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Clark, William, 1770-1838--Fiction
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century--Fiction
- Indians of North America
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