How to Find What You're Not Looking For
by Veera Hiranandani
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
- Disability
Year Published 2021
Word Count 68,512
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512837, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Jewish families--Fiction
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction
- Interracial marriage
- Antisemitism--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Interracial marriage--Fiction
- Prejudices
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Prejudices--Juvenile fiction
- Jewish families--Juvenile fiction
- Jewish families
- Learning disabilities--Juvenile fiction
- Sisters
- Family life--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- Interpersonal relations
- Interracial marriage--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Preteen girls--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- We Are Kid Lit 2022
- Find Your Voice!: iREAD Children
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Veera Hiranandani about How to Find What You're Not Looking For
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Veera Hiranandani
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 14
Meet-the-Author Recording with Veera Hiranandani
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2022 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Acceptence Speech given by Veera Hiranandani
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Interview with Veera Hiranandani
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Panel Discussion with Veera Hiranandani
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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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Discussion Guide from Penguin Classroom
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Priya Ayyar
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Awards & Distinctions 6
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2022
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Winner, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2022
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Elementary Selection, 2022
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