Book
Homesick: My Own Story
by Jean Fritz
- Published
- 1982
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Words
- 41707
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.1
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 860L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
Jean Fritz recounts her childhood as an American girl growing up in China in the 1920s, balancing affection for the country she knows with an intense longing for an America she has never seen.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780142407615
Tags
Award Winners-Booklist Editors' ChoiceAward Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsAward Winners-Christopher AwardAward Winners-Newbery HonorAward Winners-SLJ Best BookChinaLife Experiences-Growing UpRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 3-5Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8Recommended Reading-IRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoiceRecommended Reading-NY Times Editor's ChoiceUnited States of America