Wounded Falcons

Contributor(s): Buitrago, Jairo (Author), Yockteng, Rafael (Illustrator), Amado, Elisa (Translator)

ISBN: 9781773064567

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: September 7, 2021

Dewey: E

Lexile Code: 0560

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 03 to 06

Physical Info: 0.47" H x 10.08" L x 8.90" W ( 1.05 lbs) 40 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000512595 ( Wounded Falcons)

Reading level: 3.60

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: A moving tribute to the power of friendship and the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy.

Brief description:

RAFAEL YOCKTENG has illustrated many highly acclaimed children's books, including Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale From the Pleistocene; Wounded Falcons (two starred reviews and named a USBBY Outstanding International Book); Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews); Two White Rabbits (three starred reviews); and Walk with Me (three starred reviews) by Jairo Buitrago. Rafael's books have been included on IBBY's Honor List, the Horn Book Fanfare and in the White Ravens Catalogue. He lives in Bogotá, Colombia.

Review Quotes:

"A powerfully, even divinely told slice of life." -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW