Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
by Karen Levine
16 Total Resources 7 Awards 3 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 2002
Word Count 15,484
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 60541, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching--Japan
- Brady, Hana
- Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Czechoslovakia
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Nové Město na Moravě--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945
- Horokosuto Kyoiku Shiryo Senta
- Jewish children in the Holocaust
- Ishioka, Fumiko
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czech Republic--Nové Město na Moravě--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Brady, Hana--Juvenile literature
- History
- 1938-1945
- Japan
- Horokōsuto Kyōiku Shiryō Sentā
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Nové Město na Moravě (Czech Republic)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Study and teaching
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Holocaust
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Karen Levine about Hana's Suitcase
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Karen Levine
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Lesson Plan from Young People's Theatre
Created by Young People's Theatre
Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Stephanie Wolfe
Created by Brilliance Audio
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Fumiko Ishioka and George Brady
Created by Soundprint
Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 7

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2022
Multicultural and International Honor, 2005

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2004

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Winner, 2002
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