Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
An oak tree and a crow help their neighbors embrace their differences in this... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2017
Word Count 19,388
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191418, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Crows
- Wishes
- Trees--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Trees
- Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Friendship--Fiction
- Crows--Fiction
- Wishes--Fiction
- Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General
- Lists With This Book
- Preventing Bias-Based Bullying Elem.
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Katherine Applegate
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Discussion Guide from Children's Book Review
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Book Readings 2

Video Book Reading of "Chapter 1" narrated by Katherine Applegate
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Nancy Linari
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2023
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2018

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2018

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2018

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2018

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2017
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