Growing Up in Coal Country
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
An account of work and childhood chronicles the horrific circumstances in which children... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 1996
Word Count 17,828
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1110L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 25571, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Child labor--Pennsylvania--History--Juvenile literature
- Coal miners--Pennsylvania--History--Juvenile literature
- Coal mines and mining
- Child labor
- Immigrants
- Juvenile literature
- Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania--History--Juvenile literature
- Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- History
- Pennsylvania
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--History--Juvenile literature
- Anthracite coal industry
- Coal miners
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Lists With This Book
- Labor History
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Suzanne Toren
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 1997
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2021
Nonfiction Honor, 1997
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
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