Liar & Spy
by Rebecca Stead
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 38,293
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 152752, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Schools
- Apartment houses
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Spies--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / General (see also headings under Family)
- Middle schools--Fiction
- New York
- Apartment houses--Fiction
- New York (State)
- Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction
- Middle schools
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / General (s
- Spy stories
- Schools--Fiction
- Families
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Spies
- Lists With This Book
- Bullying Resources
- Communicating: Mind in the Making
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Rebecca Stead about Liar & Spy
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Rebecca Stead
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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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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Author Recording with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Rebecca Stead
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo and Rebecca Stead
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ALA Newbery Author Event with Rebecca Stead
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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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Discussion Questions from Two Book Worms Blog
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2015
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Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Plan from Random House Teachers & Librarians
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jesse Bernstein
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 5
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2012
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2012
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