One Came Home
by Amy Timberlake
21 Total Resources 6 Awards 18 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
Year Published 2013
Word Count 57,577
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 156090, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting
- Sharpshooters--Fiction
- Sharpshooters
- 19th century
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Fiction
- Missing persons--Fiction
- History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Wisconsin--History--19th century--Fiction
- Missing persons
- Wisconsin
- Frontier and pioneer life--Wisconsin--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- It's a Mystery
- Paired Nonfiction & Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Amy Timberlake about One Came Home
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Amy Timberlake
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Teaching Ideas from Literary Fusions
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Teacher's Guide from Random House
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Discussion Questions from Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
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Rapid To-Dos from Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
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Lesson Plan from Blue Slip Media
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Tara Sands
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Edgars Award, 1961-2023
Winner, 2014

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Honor, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2014
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