Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 30,787
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 177043
- Curricular Area
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States
- Motown Record Corporation--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music / History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Motown Record Corporation
- Sound recording industry
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- Sound recording industry--United States--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Music
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music / Rock
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Rock
- United States
- Lists With This Book
- African American Experience
- Choice Texts Gr. 8
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Andrea Davis Pinkney about Rhythm Ride
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Andrea Davis Pinkney
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In-depth Written Interview with Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 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
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