Diamond Willow
by Helen Frost
Twelve-year-old Willow’s first solo dogsledding trip starts joyfully, with... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2008
Word Count 16,758
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 123490, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Fiction
- Spirits--Fiction
- Schools
- Popularity
- Sled dogs
- Family life
- Spirits
- Family life--Alaska--Fiction
- Dogs--Fiction
- Dogs
- Alaska
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Athapascan Indians--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
- Popularity--Fiction
- Sled dogs--Fiction
- Alaska--Fiction
- Indians of North America
- Athapascan Indians
- Lists With This Book
- Sense of Place, Sense of Self
- Survival Books
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Helen Frost about Diamond Willow
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Helen Frost
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Macmillan
Created by Macmillan
Reader's Guide from Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Created by Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Lesson Plan from William Allen White Children's Book Awards
Created by William Allen White Children's Book Awards
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by various narrators
Created by Recorded Books
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Created by Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Awards & Distinctions 2
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2021
Winner, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
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