Countdown
by Deborah Wiles • Book 1 of the The Sixties Trilogy
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2010
Word Count 59,266
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 137204, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Girls
- United States--History--1961-1969--Fiction
- United States--History--1961-1969--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Fiction
- Nineteen sixties
- Historical fiction
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Juvenile fiction
- History
- Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- United States
- 1961-1969
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Deborah Wiles about Countdown
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Deborah Wiles
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2011
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2023
Selection, 2011
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Fiction Selection, 2010
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