Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Copyright Date: 2008

Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 07/01/08

Illustrator: Newton, Vanessa,

Pages: 133 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-545-01761-0 Perma-Bound: 0-605-19210-3

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-545-01761-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-19210-2

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2007031732

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Contests. Fiction.
Brothers and sisters. Fiction.
Animals. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.
African Americans. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 10,386

Reading Level: 3.9

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 123897 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:3.5 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q44214

Lexile: 630L

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