The Shadow Hero

The Shadow Hero

by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew

The origins of the 1940s comic book hero Green Turtle are imagined in the story of... Read more

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The Shadow Hero

The Shadow Hero

by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew

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Lexile Level: Lexile.com | ATOS^® Reading Level: 3.2 | Word Count: 10,692

Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]

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1. National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. "Supplemental Information for Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: New Research on Text Complexity," Common Core State Standards Initiative (2014): 4. Accessed August 8, 2014, http://www.corestandards.org/assets/E0813_Appendix_A_New_Research_on_Text_Complexity.pdf.

2. Adapted from the CCSSO's ELA State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards, and the text complexity rubrics used by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction ELA Team.

3. Lexile^® is a trademark of MetaMetrics. Used under license.

4. ATOS^® is a trademark of Renaissance Learning, Inc. Used under license.