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
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
Author Interviews 3
Meet-the-Author Recording with Helen Frost
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Interview with Helen Frost
Created by Healing Hamlet
Interview with Helen Frost
Created by Indiana State Library
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Lesson Plan from William Allen White Children's Book Awards
Created by William Allen White Children's Book Awards
Reader's Guide from Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Created by Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Lesson Plan from Macmillan
Created by Macmillan
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, 1993-2023
Winner, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
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