The Best at It
by Maulik Pancholy
From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 56,579
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505567, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBTQ
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- East Indian Americans
- Divorce--Fiction
- Anxiety
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Advice columns--Fiction
- Identity
- Schools
- Overweight persons--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Family life
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence
- Family life--Fiction
- Self-esteem--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Bullying
- Middle schools
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Bullying
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Indiana
Our Original Resources 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 7
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by India West
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by Watch. Connect. Read.
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by Shelf Stuff
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by NBC News
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by Act to Change
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by Brown Girl Magazine
Interview with Maulik Pancholy
Created by Publishers Weekly
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Mini Spelling Bee List from Scripps National Spelling Bee
Created by Scripps National Spelling Bee
Educator's Guide from HarperStacks
Created by HarperStacks
Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Maulik Pancholy
Created by HarperCollins
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Maulik Pancholy
Created by HarperAudio
Awards & Distinctions 5
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2020
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