Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924
by Deborah Hopkinson
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2003
Word Count 21,095
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 990L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 74048, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- Poor--New York (State)--New York
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--Juvenile literature
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898
- 1898-1951
- Immigrants
- Tenement houses
- Poor
- Juvenile materials
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- History
- Fiction | General
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History
- Social conditions
- Poor--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- New York
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- 1865-1898
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History--Juvenile literature
- Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- Immigration, 6-12
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Deborah Hopkinson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2022
Honor, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2003
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