Samurai Shortstop
by Alan Gratz
“Toyo watched carefully as his uncle prepared to kill himself.” From... read more
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Sports
Year Published 2006
Word Count 59,142
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 106131
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Fathers and sons--Fiction
- Schools
- Fathers and sons
- Samurai--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- History
- Boarding schools--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Samurai
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- Japan
- Baseball
- Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912--Fiction
- Meiji period, 1868-1912
- Baseball--Fiction
- Boarding schools
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Alan Gratz
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Alan Gratz
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Arthur Morey
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