Making Friends with Billy Wong
by Augusta Scattergood
A powerful story set in small-town Arkansas in the 1950s that illuminates the friendship... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 34,725
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 184278, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers
- Prejudices
- Social life and customs
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Prejudices--Juvenile fiction
- Arkansas
- Chinese Americans
- Historical fiction
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Arkansas--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Arkansas--History--20th century--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- History
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Arkansas--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Friendship
- Arkansas--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Augusta Scattergood
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Augusta Scattergood “Writing with Friends: MAKING FRIENDS WITH BILLY WONG”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 3
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Augusta Scattergood “Writing with Friends: MAKING FRIENDS WITH BILLY WONG”
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Interview with Augusta Scattergood
Created by Author's Personal Website
Guest Blog Post by Augusta Scattergood
Created by Nerdy Book Club
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt of "Azalea" narrated by Kate Simses
Created by Scholastic Audio
Audiobook Excerpt of "Billy" narrated by Todd Haberkorn
Created by Scholastic Audio
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