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Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. This story follows the wife and four daughters of a Baptist preacher who moves them to the Belgian Congo in 1959, setting the missionary family on a path towards a tragic undoing in postcolonial Africa. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]
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Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Practice