Book
Old Ramon
by Jack Schaefer
- Published
- 1960
- Genre
- Fiction
- Words
- 19518
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.9
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 880L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
A young boy spends a summer herding sheep in the Mojave Desert with the elderly shepherd Ramon, learning practical skills as well as lessons about fear, death, responsibility, friendship, and solitude.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780826357649
Tags
Adventure-SurvivalAward Winners-Newbery HonorBehavior-BraveryFictionSeries: Newbery Honor RollUnited States-California