Suitcase
by Mildred Pitts Walter Illustrated by Teresa Flavin
Eleven-year-old Alexander "Suitcase" Bingham is tired of being teased for being over six feet tall and not being able to play basketball. Xander will do whatever it takes to learn to be a better player, and to win his father's approval in the process.
- Ages
- 8, 10
- Interest Level
- Grades 3 - 5
- Grade Level Equivalent
- 3.5
- Lexile Measure
- 550L
- DRA
- 30
- Guided Reading
- N
- Publisher
- Amistad Press
- Number of Pages
- 107
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
About the Author and Illustrator
Mildred Pitts Walter
Teresa Flavin
Artist Teresa Flavin currently lives in Glasgow. Between trips to India, she clambers about the Scottish highlands with her geographer husband.
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