Scorpions
by Walter Dean Myers
Twelve-year-old Jamal Hicks lives in a contemporary Harlem neighborhood in which... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1988
Word Count 44,653
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 386, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Gangs--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Peer Pressure
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Gangs
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Lists With This Book
- Coping With Violence
- Bill of Rights through Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 8
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 3
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 1989
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
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