Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday
by
Natalie C. Anderson
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN
9780399547614
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Language: Strong Language, Violence: Mild Violence, Violence: Torture
When Abdi's family is kidnapped from their home in Somalia, Abdi must take on a dangerous mission to save their lives. He becomes a child soldier—and double agent—within the ruthless terrorist group Al Shabaab.
Author’s note. Glossary.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Language: Strong Language, Violence: Mild Violence, Violence: Torture
Details
Format
Page Count
464
Trim Size
8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Dewey
F
AR
4.5: points 15
Lexile
650L
Genre
Fiction
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Mar 2019
Book Genres
Topics
Child soldiers. Refugees. Spies. Islamic fundamentalism. Terrorism. Brothers. Somalia. Kenya. Al-Shabaab (militant group).
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