Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
by Jeanette Winter
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Muslim
- Asian
- South Asian
Year Published 2009
Word Count 912
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 133360, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Girls' schools--Afghanistan--Juvenile literature
- Girls
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emotions & Feelings
- 21st century
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century--Juvenile literature
- Girls--Fiction
- Education
- Afghanistan--Social conditions
- Social conditions
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
- Taliban--Juvenile literature
- Girls--Education--Afghanistan--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Violence
- Education--Afghanistan
- Taliban
- Girls' schools
- Afghanistan
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Awards & Distinctions 4

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Selection, 2014; Selection, 2013

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2010
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