Over Here It's Different: Carolina's Story
by Mildred Leinweber Dawson and George Ancona
Relates, in text and photographs, the experiences of an eleven-year-old girl who... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Dominican Americans--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Dominicans (Dominican Republic)--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Dominican Americans--New York (State)--New York
- New York
- New York (State)
- Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
- Dominican Americans
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Commended, 1994
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