Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
by Margarita Engle • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 13,609
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1120L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175273, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Engle, Margarita
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Engle, Margarita--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Women authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Young Adult Biography
- Cuban Americans
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Cuban Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women authors, American
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Educator's Guide from Teaching Latin America through Literature
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Curriculum Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 14

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2022
Winner, 2016

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Commended, 2016

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Honor, 2016

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2021
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Biography Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2022
Finalist, 2016

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2022
Author Winner, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Nonfiction Winner, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2021
Second Place Winner, 2016

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2022
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2015
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