The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
by Kathi Appelt and Jennifer Bricking
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Humor
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2013
Word Count 51,543
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 159788, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Raccoons--Fiction
- Swamp animals
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Swamps--Fiction
- Raccoon
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mammals
- Land developers--Fiction
- Swamp animals--Fiction
- Scouting (Youth activity)
- Swamps
- Scouting (Youth activity)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General
- Lists With This Book
- Fantasy for 9 to 12 Year Olds
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kathi Appelt about The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kathi Appelt
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Common Core Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Activity Kit from Blue Slip Media
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Lyle Lovett
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2022
Winner, 2014

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2013
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