The Bite of the Mango
by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland
As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2008
Word Count 54,086
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126920, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Amputees
- Women--Biography
- Sierra Leone--Histoire--1991-2002 (Guerre civile)--ReÌcits personnels--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Kamara, Mariatu--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Children
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- Kamara, Mariatu--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- War victims--Sierra Leone--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Sierra Leone
- Victimes de guerre--Sierra Leone--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- War victims
- War victims--Sierra Leone--Biography
- Kamara, Mariatu
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Children--Biography
- War victims--Biography
- Sierra Leone--Histoire--1991-2002 (Guerre civile)--Enfants--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Amputees--Biography
- Amputees--Sierra Leone--Biography
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature
- AmputeÌs--Sierra Leone--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Biography / Autobiography
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Amputees--Sierra Leone--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone--History
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Norma Fleck Award, 1999-2023
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