A Piece of Home
by Jeri Watts and Hyewon Yum
13 Total Resources 5 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Asian / Pacific American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 668
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 182216
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Koreans
- West Virginia
- Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers
- Flowers
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Koreans--West Virginia--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Emigration and immigration
- United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Friendship
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Comforting Reads
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jeri Watts about A Piece of Home
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jeri Watts
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Hyewon Yum
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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 Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jeri Watts
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Hyewon Yum
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Author Interviews 2
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jeri Watts
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Interview with Jeri Watts
Created by Candlewick Press
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2020
Author Winner, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2017
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Emergent Selection, 2016
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