Blackbird Fly
by Erin Entrada Kelly
When Analyn “Apple” Yengko gets put on the dog log—a list of the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Asian / Pacific American
Year Published 2015
Word Count 43,308
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 173348
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Schools
- Bullying in schools
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Bullying--Fiction
- Filipino Americans--Fiction
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Filipino American teenage girls
- Bullying
- Middle schools
- Music--Fiction
- Music
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Filipino Americans
- Guitar
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Guitar--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Great Middle School Reads
- Bullying, Aggression, & Violence Books
- Juvenile Collection
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Erin Entrada Kelly about Blackbird Fly
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Erin Entrada Kelly
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 8

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2020
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2015
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