The Girl from Chimel
by Rigoberta Menchú, Domi, and Dante Liano
Nobel Peace Prize winner and noted Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum brings... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2005
Word Count 7,968
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 102844, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Guatemala
- Guatemala--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- Maya authors--Guatemala--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Guatemala--Moeurs et coutumes--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Maya authors
- MenchuÌ, Rigoberta--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Maya authors--Guatemala--Biography
- QuicheÌ Indians
- MenchuÌ, Rigoberta
- MenchuÌ, Rigoberta--Juvenile literature
- Manners and customs
- QuicheÌ (Indiens)--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- QuicheÌ Indians--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
- Mayas--Guatemala--Biography
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
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