Sylvia & Aki
by Winifred Conkling
Sylvia Mendez’s family is renting an asparagus farm owned by a Japanese American... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
- Asian / Pacific American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 23,537
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 144851
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Japanese Americans
- Segregation in education--Fiction
- Segregation in education
- Farm life--California--Fiction
- Mexican Americans
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Fiction
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- California
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- History
- Race relations--Fiction
- Orange County (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Farm life
- Orange County (Calif.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)
- Race relations
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Winifred Conkling about Sylvia & Aki
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Winifred Conkling
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Commended, 2012

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2020
Winner, 2012

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
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