Listen, Slowly
by Thanhhà Lại
At 12, Mia planned to spend every day of summer at the beach with friends. Instead,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Asian American
- Asian
Year Published 2015
Word Count 62,059
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 171969
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers
- Missing in action
- Vietnam--Juvenile fiction
- Investigation
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Missing in action--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Vietnam--Fiction
- Vietnam
- 1971-1980
- Vietnamese American families
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Missing persons
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Family life--Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Thanhhà Lại about Listen, Slowly
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Thanhhà Lại
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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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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 2
Meet-the-Author Recording with Thanhhà Lại
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Interview with Thanhhà Lại
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from HarperCollins
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2015
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
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