Catch a Tiger by the Toe
by Ellen Levine
Growing up during the McCarthy era, thirteen-year-old Jamie has to be careful to... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 35,413
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 88165, 5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Fiction
- 20th century
- Schools
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Secrets--Fiction
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Communism
- Politics and government
- Family life
- History
- Schools--Fiction
- United States
- Family life--Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- 1945-1953
- Communism--Fiction
- Secrets
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