The Thing about Luck
by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo
36 Total Resources 10 Awards 9 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 48,300
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 160447, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Luck--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Farm life--Kansas--Fiction
- Grandparents--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Kansas--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Kadohata about The Thing about Luck
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Kadohata
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Kuo
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Unit Plan from Illinois Reads
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Teacher's Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Curriculum Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Lesson Plan from Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
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Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Joy Osmanski
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Video Book Reading narrated by Cynthia Kadohata
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 10

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Elementary Selection, 2013

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Fiction Selection, 2013
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