Chill Wind
by Janet McDonald
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2002
Word Count 29,312
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 67346
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Public welfare--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Teenage mothers
- Mothers and daughters
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
- Teenage mothers--Fiction
- African Americans
- Public welfare
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Janet McDonald about Chill Wind
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About the Author 2
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2020
New Talent Winner, 2003
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