Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Connor
For twelve-year-old Addie, life is never stable for very long. When she and her mother... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2008
Word Count 50,916
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 570L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 120221, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Stepfathers--Fiction
- Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction
- Family problems--Fiction
- Stepfathers--Juvenile fiction
- Dysfunctional families
- Self-reliance--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers--Fiction
- Family problems
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Mothers
- Schenectady (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Stepfathers
- Friendship
- Mothers--Juvenile fiction
- Self-reliance
- Schenectady (N.Y.)
- Schenectady (N.Y.)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Lists With This Book
- All Kinds of Families
- Family
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Leslie Connor
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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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About the Author 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Resource Guide from California Young Reader Medal
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Lesson Plan from William Allen White Children's Book Awards
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Angela, Jayne Rogers
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Audiobook Excerpt
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2023
Winner, 2009
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
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