The Hero Next Door
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Joseph Bruchac, Linda Sue Park, and Anna Dobbin
- Grade
- 4-8
Year Published 2019
Word Count 50,010
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 503934
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Heroes--Fiction
- Short stories
- Courage
- Heroes
- Children's stories, American
- Courage--Fiction
- Courage--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Heroes--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Superheroes
- JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
- Lists With This Book
- Juvenile Collection
Our Original Resources 9
Audio Name Pronunciation with Joseph Bruchac
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Linda Sue Park
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Joseph Bruchac “Thoughts on Getting Started with Writing”
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In-depth Written Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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In-depth Written Interview with Linda Sue Park
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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 Authors 12
Audio Name Pronunciation with Joseph Bruchac
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Linda Sue Park
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
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Author Interviews 19
In-depth Written Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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In-depth Written Interview with Linda Sue Park
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Joseph Bruchac “Thoughts on Getting Started with Writing”
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Interview with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Created by WTKR
Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Linda Sue Park
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Interview with Anna Dobbin
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Interview with Linda Sue Park
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Interview with Linda Sue Park
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2019 National Book Festival speech by Linda Sue Park
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Interview with Linda Sue Park
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Interview with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educators' Guide from Random House Teachers & Librarians
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Book Readings 1
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