Count Me In
by Varsha Bajaj
An uplifting story, told through the alternating voices of two middle-schoolers,... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 32,059
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 504820, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American
- Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- East Indian Americans
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- Racism--Fiction
- Family life--Texas--Houston--Fiction
- Middle school students
- Texas
- Families
- Houston (Tex.)--Fiction
- Grandfathers
- Friendship--Fiction
- Social media
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Social media--Fiction
- Grandfathers--Fiction
- Racism
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Houston (Tex.)
- Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United S
- Violence--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Houston
- Lists With This Book
- Virtual Book Tours
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Varsha Bajaj about Count Me In
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Varsha Bajaj
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Varsha Bajaj “Count Me In Virtual Book Tour”
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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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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 3
Meet-the-Author Recording with Varsha Bajaj
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Varsha Bajaj “Count Me In Virtual Book Tour”
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Interview with Varsha Bajaj
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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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Invitation to Imagine from Varsha Bajaj
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Teaching Ideas from Lit Lessons
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Priya Ayyar and Christopher Gebauer
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