Caterpillar Summer
by Gillian McDunn
This beautifully written, emotional debut perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2019
Word Count 56,280
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 500650, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Family problems--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Dysfunctional families
- Brothers and sisters
- North Carolina
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Islands--Fiction
- Responsibility
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Islands
- Grandparents--Fiction
- Single-parent families
- Family life
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Grandparents
- Family problems
- Family life--North Carolina--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- North Carolina--Fiction
- Responsibility--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Intergeneration Month
- CSLP 2023 Children
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Gillian McDunn about Caterpillar Summer
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gillian McDunn
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 9
Meet-the-Author Recording with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Insights from Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Interview with Gillian McDunn
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Theater from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2020-2021
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Discussion Guide from Tome Student Literacy Society
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Cassandra Morris
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Gillian McDunn
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Elementary Selection, 2019
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