The day of the pelican
by
 
Paterson, Katherine.

Title
: 
The day of the pelican

Katherine Paterson.

Personal Author
: 
Paterson, Katherine.

Publication Information
: 
Boston [Mass.] : Clarion Books, 2009.

Physical Description
: 
145 p. ; 22 cm.

ISBN
: 
9780547181882

General Note
: 
"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt."

Abstract
: 
In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.

Reading Level
: 
009-013.
 
770 L Lexile

Program Information
: 
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.2 6 Quiz 133458 English fiction.

Subject Term
: 
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Refugee camps -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Albanians -- Kosovo (Republic) -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Muslims -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Albanians -- Kosovo -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Kosovo (Republic) -- History -- 1980-2008 -- Juvenile fiction.


LibraryCall NumberTypeStatus
Kodiak PublicJ F PATERSONBookJuvenile fiction materials
MSBSD Redington Jr/SrREALISTIC FICTION F PATERSONBookFiction material
Valdez ConsortiumJ PATERSOYouth BookJuvenile fiction materials
Wasilla Middle SchoolHISTORICAL F PATBookFiction material