The Listeners
by Gloria Whelan and Mike Benny
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 1,247
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 134314
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Listening
- African Americans--Fiction
- Listening--Fiction
- African Americans
- History
- Southern States--History--1775-1865--Fiction
- Slavery
- 1775-1865
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Southern States
- Lists With This Book
- First Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
- Fourth Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Gloria Whelan about The Listeners
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gloria Whelan
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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 Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Gloria Whelan
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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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Lesson Plan from Sleeping Bear Press
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