Ninth Ward
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 32,545
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 470L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 139032, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Spirits--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 21st Century
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Juvenile fiction
- New Orleans (La.)
- Survival--Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Fiction
- Coming of age--Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- New Orleans (La.)--Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Spirits
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | Weather
- Survival after airplane crashes, shipwrecks,
- Survival
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Coming of age
- Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
- Lists With This Book
- 50 Multicultural Books for Children
- Great Middle School Reads
- Survival Books
- Fiction Books, 6-8
- Earth & Space Science, 6-12
- Hurricane Katrina
- African American Experience
- Death & Loss
- Paired Nonfiction & Fiction
- Living Through Big Changes
- African American Grandparents
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Jewell Parker Rhodes about Ninth Ward
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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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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Teaching Ideas from Reading with Miss Peel Blog
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Trivia Questions from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Educator's Guide from Little, Brown and Company
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 6

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2011

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Honor, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2010
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