Crenshaw
by Katherine Applegate
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2015
Word Count 25,361
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 176562
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
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- JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Friendship--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Mentor Texts: Similes
- Comforting Reads
- 6th Grade LDG
- Grade 4 Text Sets
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Katherine Applegate about Crenshaw
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Katherine Applegate
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Interview with Katherine Applegate
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2017
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2021
Commended, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2016
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