Growing Up with Aloha
by Kirby Larson • Part of the American Girl Series
Nine-year-old Nanea may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Pacific Islander / Oceania
Year Published 2017
Word Count 33,574
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191764, 5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Honolulu (Hawaii)--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Juvenile fiction
- Soldiers
- Courage--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Hula (Dance)--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Patriotism--Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction
- Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Fiction
- Hula (Dance)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Historical fiction
- Hawaii
- Patriotism
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Honolulu--Juvenile fiction
- Hawaii--Honolulu
- Hawaii--Juvenile fiction
- Soldiers--Juvenile fiction
- Honolulu (Hawaii)--Fiction
- Courage
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
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