Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
by Edwidge Danticat and Alix Delinois
From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- African (Global)
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2010
Word Count 599
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 139523, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Imagination in children
- Play--Fiction
- Play
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Earthquakes
- Earthquakes--Haiti--Fiction
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Juvenile fiction
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Fiction
- Haiti--Fiction
- Haiti
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Imagination
- Imagination--Fiction
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Edwidge Danticat
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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 Edwidge Danticat
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Author Interviews 3
Interview with Edwidge Danticat
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Interview with Edwidge Danticat
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Interview with Edwidge Danticat
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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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Unit Plan from Expeditionary Learning
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Américas Award, 1993-2021
Commended, 2011
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2021
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011
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