Calling the Water Drum
by Latisha Redding and Aaron Boyd
A moving story about a family's attempt to flee Haiti in a boat, and a young boy... read more
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- Realistic Fiction
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- African American
- Disability
- Latino (US / Canada)
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Year Published 2016
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
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- Social Studies
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- Orphans--Fiction
- Immigrants
- Orphans
- Drum
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Selective mutism--Fiction
- Haitian Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Drum--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Selective mutism
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- New York (N.Y.)
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Haitian Americans--Fiction
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- Exploring the Refugee Crisis
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