With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2019
Word Count 73,941
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 502468
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Cooking
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Bildungsromans
- Teenage mothers
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Coming of age
- Young Adult Fiction | Cooking & Food
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Choice Texts English 1
- Hispanic Heritage Month Books
- Best Children's Books of 2019
- HCS High School Book Club
- #OwnVoices for 7-12
- Advanced Placement English Summer Sugges
- 2020-2021 High School Battle of the Book
- We Are Kid Lit
- Anti-Racist Novels for Teens
- CPL Best Teen Fiction of 2019
- Western Hemisphere
- Diverse Lit Kits, 9-12
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Teen
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- 3 Star Program, 2020 Young Adult Nominee
- DC Reads presents The Gift of Reading: A
- Winter Reading Celebration
- JCPS LMS Recommended Reading Grade 9-12
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Elizabeth Acevedo about With the Fire on High
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Elizabeth Acevedo
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Reading With Relevance
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Reading Guide from HarperCollins
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Book Readings 3
Video Book Reading of "Magic" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
Created by Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books
Video Book Reading of "On Loss" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
Created by Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
Created by HarperAudio
Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Epic Reads
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 10

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2021
Honor, 2020

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2020

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2020
Finalist, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2021
Young Adults Honor, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Finalist, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
High Interest Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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