Return to Sender
by Julia Alvarez • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
19 Total Resources 3 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2009
Word Count 71,721
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 890L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 127752, 11.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- Vermont
- Farm life--Vermont--Fiction
- Mexicanx--United States--Fiction
- Illegal aliens--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Friendship--Fiction
- Farm life
- Illegal aliens
- Migrant workers
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Migrant labor--Fiction
- Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Vermont--Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Julia Alvarez about Return to Sender
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Alvarez
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Julia Alvarez
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Americas Award presentation with Julia Alvarez
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Interview with Julia Alvarez
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Interview with Julia Alvarez
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Interview with Julia Alvarez
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Interview with Julia Alvarez
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Interview with Julia Alvarez
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Random House Teachers & Librarians
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Lesson Plan from University of Alabama SLIS
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Lesson Plan from Teaching Latin America through Literature
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2022
Author Winner, 2010
Américas Award, 1993-2022
Winner, 2010
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2010
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