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Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Amani longs to be a shepherd like her grandfather, Seedo. Like many Palestinians, her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead for generations, and she has been steeped in Seedo's stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos--and the wolf that once showed him the path there.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In the early 1800s, when nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.
7) The loner
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The story about a lonely boy who has no home or family. Then people befriend him, give him a name, an identity--everything he has ever longed for, but will it last?
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A collection of stories that help kids learn they are special just the way God made them. A shepherd boy realizes that little guys can do big things too. A trip to outer space helps the Veggies learn to appreciate the differences in others. A self-conscious Snoodle realizes that he is uniquely made and all the Veggies are reminded that each one of us is special.