Clever Ali
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Published
New York : Orchard Books, [2006].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
Main Library - Children's Picture Books
Fiction Farmer, N
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Published
New York : Orchard Books, [2006].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 4.2, 1 Points
Lexile measure
610

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (Colophon).
Description
When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.
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610L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 77 (high),Semantic demand: 92 (very high),Syntactic demand: 86 (very high),Structure demand: 84 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,4.2,1,109550.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection.

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