Katarina - A New Home

Katarina - A New Home

Katarina - A New Home
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 5
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.39

Vocabulary

challenging words:

bowman, orphanage, selection, organization, assistant, bonus, interesting, attack, certain, exactly, name, shock, particular, during, provide, director

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Katarina - A New Home
By Beth Beutler

¹     "Hi! What's your name?" asked Amelia as she sat down in the back of the classroom. It was time to start another year of middle school. She had noticed a new girl at school who was very quiet. She seemed almost scared to be there.

²     The girl looked up. "I'm Katarina. I'm from Russia."

³     "How long have you lived here?" Amelia asked.

⁴     "I just moved here this summer. I was adopted by an American family."

⁵     Amelia was surprised. Katarina must have been almost 12 years old. She thought all kids who were adopted had been adopted when they were infants or toddlers.

⁶     "That's very interesting," Amelia said. "What happened to your parents?"

⁷     Katarina looked down. "Both of my parents were killed during the attack on the school in Belsen in 2004. They both were teachers there. After that, I went to live in an orphanage."

⁸     Amelia didn't know what to say. Amelia took for granted her parents, brother, and sister, and their comfortable two-storey house and bonus room. To hear someone say so matter-of-factly that her parents had been killed made Amelia's stomach quiver.

⁹     "I imagine that was very difficult," Amelia cautiously continued.

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