Diamond Willow

Resource Information

The work Diamond Willow represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Diamond Willow

Statement of responsibility

Helen Frost

Creator

• trueFrost, Helen, 1949-
• trueFrost, Helen

Subject

• Alaska -- Juvenile fiction
• trueAncestors
• trueAthapascan Indians
• Athapascan Indians -- Fiction
• Athapascan Indians -- Juvenile fiction
• trueDogs
• Dogs -- Fiction
• Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFamilies -- Alaska
• Family life -- Alaska -- Fiction
• trueFamily secrets
• trueGirls and dogs
• trueIndians of North America -- Alaska
• Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Fiction
• Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction
• truePopularity
• trueAlaska
• Popularity -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSchools
• Schools -- Fiction
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSled dogs
• Sled dogs -- Fiction
• Sled dogs -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSpirits
• Spirits -- Fiction
• Spirits -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTwelve-year-old girls
• Popularity -- Fiction
• Alaska -- Fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her

Award

• Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award (Pennsylvania Center for the Book), 2009.
• Mitten Award (Michigan), 2008.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

670L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

PZ7.F9205

LC item number

Dia 2008

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Reading level

4.3

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent