The Smoking Mirror
by David Bowles
Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2015
Word Count 52,118
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 188066
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
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- CPS Skyline Text Resources - Grade 6
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About the Author 3
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2016
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2021
Author Honor, 2016
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