Fighting Words
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
35 Total Resources 12 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2020
Word Count 50,180
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 509591, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Sexual Abuse
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Middle school students--Fiction
- Suicidal behavior--Juvenile fiction
- Middle school students
- Middle school students--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
- Foster children--Juvenile fiction
- Children of prisoners--Fiction
- Children of prisoners
- Suicidal behavior--Fiction
- Foster children
- Sex crimes
- Sex crimes--Juvenile fiction
- Foster children--Fiction
- Sisters
- Suicidal behavior
- Children of prisoners--Juvenile fiction
- Sex crimes--Fiction
- Sisters--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Best Children's Books of 2020
- Best Book Lists 2020
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley about Fighting Words
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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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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Discussion Guide from Penguin Classroom
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Teaching Notes from Text Publishing Company
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Bahni Turpin
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 12

Odyssey Award, 2008-2022
Honor, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Selection, 2021

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Honor, 2021

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2021

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2021

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2020

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2020

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2022
Finalist, 2020
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