Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
by Margarita Engle
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
- American Indian
Year Published 2011
Word Count 8,642
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1170L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 143562, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Pirates--Poetry
- Pirates
- Shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks--Caribbean Area--Juvenile poetry
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Indians of the West Indies--Poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Indians of the West Indies
- Caribbean Area--Juvenile poetry
- Indians of the West Indies--Juvenile poetry
- Children's poetry
- Poetry
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Central & South America
- Pirates--Caribbean Area--History--16th century--Juvenile poetry
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Caribbean Area
- Shipwrecks--Poetry
- American poetry
- Lists With This Book
- Survival Books
- Latinx and Latin American Secondary
- Slavery, Resistance, and Reparations
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Hurricane Dancers
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Poetry for Children
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Lesson Plan from Teaching Latin America through Literature
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Lesson Plan from Teaching Latin America through Literature
Created by Teaching Latin America through Literature
Awards & Distinctions 4

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2022
Author Honor, 2012

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Winner, 2012

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
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