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
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 3
Meet-the-Author Recording with Winifred Conkling
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Winifred Conkling
Created by Cynsations
Jane Addams Children's Literature Award for Older Readers Acceptance Speech, 2012 by Winifred Conkling
Created by Winifred Conkling
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Awards & Distinctions 5
Américas Award, 1993-2020
Commended, 2012
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2021
Winner, 2012
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
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