How to Save a Life
by Sara Zarr
High school senior Jill grew up in an upper middle class home with two great parents.... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2011
Word Count 86,114
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 147220, 12.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Colorado
- Mothers and daughters
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Pregnancy
- Grief--Fiction
- Pregnancy--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Grief
- Adoption--Fiction
- Pregnancy
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Adoption
- Family life
- Family life--Colorado--Fiction
- Denver (Colo.)--Fiction
- Adoption
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Denver (Colo.)
- Interpersonal relations
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Sara Zarr about How to Save a Life
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sara Zarr
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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 Author 3
Author Interviews 3
Meet-the-Author Recording with Sara Zarr
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Sara Zarr
Created by The Guardian (UK)
Interview with Sara Zarr
Created by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ariadne Meyers and Cassandra Morris
Created by Books On TapeŽ / Listening Library
Awards & Distinctions 3
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Young Adults Selection, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2011
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