Growing up maasai on the african savanna lekuton, joseph lemasolai, viola, herman on. Although the vast majority of books that have lexile measures did not change, a small subset of books required updated lexile measures. He grew up raising cattle, but was sent to school in his young teens because the government issued that at least one child from every nomadic family must be sent to school. The book facing the lion by simone arnold liebster was one of my favorite books. Facing the lion by joseph lemasolai lekuton is an autobiography about his life growing up in africa and making his way to the united states. Joseph lemasolai lekuton gives american kids a firsthand look at g.
Facing the lion by joseph lemasolai lekuton scholastic. A member of a kenyan tribe describes his life as he grows up, attends school, and travels to america to attend college. Located near the top of our book search tool, you can quickly find a books lexile measure by entering a books title, author or isbn. Ive read book about the holocaust but there most about jews, but this one shows how it wasnt just jews that were targeted. It was a great auto biography of who a girl stud up for what she believed in even thought it would of cost her own life. All you need is a books author, title or isbn number to find the lexile text measure of that book. The life of frederick douglass, a monumental american man tonya bolden. Lexile levels br90 100190 200290 300390 400490 500590 600690 700790 800890 900990 1090 11001190 12001290 090 adventures of benny and watch by gertrude chandler warner lexile levels br 360 amelia bedelia i can read books level 2 by peggy parish, herman parish lexile levels 50 460 arthur specials by marc brown, peter hirsch, kathy waugh lexile levels 160 280. Look up a books measure if you want to know whether a specific book is within your childs lexile range, you can use our lexile find a book tool. Facing the lion is the autobiographical account of a young girls faith and courage.
The lexile frameworks for reading and listening help educators and parents match students to materials at the right level of difficulty. Facing the lion lexile find a book metametrics inc. Facing the lion growing up maasai on the african savanna. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k2 classrooms.
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