Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Women / Girls
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2014
Word Count 64,056
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 169644, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Family problems--Fiction
- Schools
- Dysfunctional families
- Queer people
- LGBTQ people
- High schools--Fiction
- Mexican Americans
- Pregnancy--Fiction
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant teenagers
- Mexican American teenage girls
- High schools
- Queer people--Fiction
- LGBTQ people--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
- Family problems
- Gay teenagers
- Schools--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Isabel Quintero about Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Isabel Quintero
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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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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Educator's Guide from Latin American & Iberian Institute
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Teaching Ideas from Primary Source Pairings
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Common Core Guide from Cinco Puntos Press
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Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kyla Garcia
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Book Trailers 1
Book Talk from Austin Public Library
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Awards & Distinctions 11

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Commended, 2015

William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2022
Winner, 2015

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2022
Multicultural and International Honor, 2015

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2022
Winner, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2022
Finalist, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
City Selection, 2014
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