Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
by Caren Stelson
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
Year Published 2016
Word Count 22,714
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 184498, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945
- Bombardment, 1945
- Yasui, Sachiko
- Japan
- Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Nagasaki-shi--Biography
- Young Adult People & Places
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
- History
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Nagasaki-shi
- Atomic bomb victims
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
- Social and Emotional Learning
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Caren Stelson about Sachiko
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Caren Stelson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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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 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Interview with Caren Stelson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Katherine Fenton and John Chancer
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 13
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
World History & Culture Selection, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2017
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Commended, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2016
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2022
Honor, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
History Selection, 2016
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