Dragonwings
by Laurence Yep
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 1975
Word Count 68,278
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 111, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- 20th century
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Fathers and sons--Fiction
- Fathers and sons
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Chinese Americans
- Lists With This Book
- ELA Text Exemplars, 6-8
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- My Dad and Me
- Air & Space
- Asian Pacific American Heritage
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Laurence Yep
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from HarperCollins
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Book Readings 1

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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 5

Phoenix Award, 1986-2022
Winner, 1995

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2022
Winner, 1976

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Honor, 1976
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