Tiger Boy
by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
21 Total Resources 6 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
Year Published 2015
Word Count 22,819
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 173614
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Tiger--Juvenile fiction
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Wildlife rescue--Fiction
- Wildlife rescue
- Family life--India--Fiction
- India
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.
- Tiger--Fiction
- Family life
- Tiger
- India--Fiction
- Families
- Wildlife rescue--Juvenile fiction
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)--Fiction
- India--Juvenile fiction
- Families--India--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- School Stories: Selected K-12 Literature
- South Asian Voices
- Elementary eBooks
- Middle School eBooks
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Mitali Perkins about Tiger Boy
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Mitali Perkins
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jamie Hogan
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Mitali Perkins
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jamie Hogan
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Mitali Perkins
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Mitali Perkins
Created by Primary Source, Inc.
Interview with Mitali Perkins
Created by Booklist Online
Interview with Mitali Perkins
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Mitali Perkins
Created by Matthew C. Winner
ACL 2016 Panel Discussion with Mitali Perkins
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Sunil Malhotra
Created by Books On TapeŽ / Listening Library
Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 6
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2020
Winner, 2016
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2021
Honor, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2015
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