Listen to the Wind: A Village in Pakistan Builds a School

Contributor(s): Mortenson, Greg (Author), Roth, Susan L (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780803730588

Publisher: Dial Books

Hardcover

$18.99

Pub Date: January 22, 2009

Dewey: 371.0095491

LCCN: 2008012268

Lexile Code: 0670

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 06 to 08

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.00" L x 10.80" W ( 0.83 lbs) 32 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000127958 ( Listen to the Wind: A Village in Pakistan Builds a School)

Reading level: 4.60

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud.