What the Moon Said
by Gayle Rosengren
After Esther’s father loses his job in Chicago during the Depression, the family... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 48,248
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 164048
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Mothers and daughters
- Depressions
- Family life--Wisconsin--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Depressions--1929--Fiction
- Wisconsin--History--20th century--Fiction
- Farm life--Wisconsin--Fiction
- Superstition
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- 1929
- Family life
- Superstition--Fiction
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- Farm life
- Wisconsin
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
- Lists With This Book
- Wisconsin People, Places, and Topics
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Gayle Rosengren
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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 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Gayle Rosengren
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Discussion Questions from Gayle Rosengren
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2014
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