Coming on Home Soon
by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
Ada Ruth stays with her grandmother while her mother heads up to Chicago to work.... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2004
Word Count 860
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 78570, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction
- Separation (Psychology)--Fiction
- Grandmothers
- United States
- Mother and child
- World War, 1939-1945
- Separation (Psychology)
- African Americans--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Mother and child--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Jacqueline Woodson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with E.B. Lewis
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Resource Guide from California Young Reader Medal
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Lesson Plan from State Library of Louisiana
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Lesson Plan from Manchester University
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Lesson Plan from Illinois School Library Media Association
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2022
Honor, 2005

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2022
Honor, 2005

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
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