Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Copyright Date: 2017

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 11/01/17

Pages: 157 pages

ISBN: 1-943431-30-2

ISBN 13: 978-1-943431-30-4

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Racially mixed children. Juvenile fiction.
Mosquitoes. Juvenile fiction.
Pharmacy. Research. Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping. Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed children. Fiction.
Mosquitoes. Fiction.
Pharmacy. Research. Fiction.
Kidnapping. Fiction.

Language: English

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National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade

Word Count: 44,640

Reading Level: 5.2

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.2 / points: 7.0 / quiz: 193053 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.7 / points:12.0 / quiz:Q72305

Lexile: 780L

Mosquitoes don't bite Nala Simiyu. It's part of who she is, like being a half-Kenyan seventh-grader whose mother is in a wheelchair. But when a schoolmate's father--who happens to head up a large drug company--learns of Nala's special power, the excitement begins. After helping out with mosquito research, Nala has the chance to travel to Kenya to investigate mosquitoes' reactions to her father's family. All goes well until a man heartbroken by his daughter's death from malaria kidnaps Nala.In the midst of a realistic adventure story, this book will introduce young readers to such dilemmas as health disparities, subtle racism, and who owns biological information. Brave, fallible, compassionate and spirited, Nala is a strongly relatable character in a loving, imperfect family.