Sugar
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- African American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 34,852
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 430L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 158360
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Louisiana--History--1865-1950--Fiction
- Plantation life
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Chinese Americans
- African Americans--Fiction
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- African Americans
- Plantation life--Louisiana--Fiction
- History
- Louisiana
- Race relations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- Race relations
- 1865-1950
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 5
Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
Created by African American Literature Book Club
Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Little, Brown and Company
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Teaching Resources from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Trivia Questions from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin
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Book Trailers 2
Official Book Trailer from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Animated Book Trailer from Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2014
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2013
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