Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
by Greg Pizzoli
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 2,722
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1230L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 172595
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Criminals
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
- Swindlers and swindling
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Law & Crime
- Lustig, Victor, 1890-1947--Juvenile literature
- Lustig, Victor
- Swindlers and swindling--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Europe
- Criminals--Biography--Juvenile literature
Our Original Resources 3
Audio Name Pronunciation with Greg Pizzoli
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 7
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Publishers Weekly
Insights by Greg Pizzoli
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Nonfiction Nook
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Juana
Interview from 2013 with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Let's Get Busy Podcast
Interview from 2015 with Greg Pizzoli
Created by Let's Get Busy Podcast
Interview with Greg Pizzoli
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Awards & Distinctions 4
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2019
Commended, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2015
Fanfare, 2001 - 2018
Selection, 2015
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2018
Selection, 2015
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