Lucky Breaks
by Susan Patron and Matt Phelan • Book 2 of the Hard Pan Trilogy
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Humor
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 37,983
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 128274
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- California--Fiction
- Abandoned children--Fiction
- Adoption--Fiction
- California
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Deserts
- Adoption
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Deserts--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- Interpersonal relations
- Abandoned children
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Lists With This Book
- Images of Community
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Matt Phelan
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Patron
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Matt Phelan
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Patron
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 3
Interview with Susan Patron
Created by Publishers Weekly
Visual Storytelling in Graphic Novels with Matt Phelan
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Matt Phelan
Created by The Children's Book Podcast
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Lesson Plan from Simon & Schuster
Created by Simon & Schuster
Series Lesson Plan from Simon & Schuster
Created by Simon & Schuster
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Created by Books On TapeŽ / Listening Library
Awards & Distinctions 1
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
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