Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
Middle school life is on display in ten interconnected short stories set in a single... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 34,647
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504592
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Lists With This Book
- Best Children's Books of 2019
- BER: What's New in 2019, K-6
- BER: What's New in 2019, K-6
- 6th to 7th Grade GT Summer Suggested Rea
- 2020-2021 Middle School Battle of the Bo
- Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults
- Black Experiences
- 2021 CPS Battle of the Books, Grades 4-6
- CPL Best Fiction for Older Readers of 20
- Western Hemisphere
- Middle School BOB 20-21
- Great Reads for Kids and Tweens Sample L
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Teen
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jason Reynolds about Look Both Ways
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jason Reynolds
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jason Reynolds “All Voices Matter”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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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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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Reading Group Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by various narrators
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Video Book Reading narrated by Jason Reynolds
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Simon Kids
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2020
Author Honor, 2020

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Author Honor, 2020

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

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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