Pax
by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 50,075
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 179541, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / General (see also headings under Animals)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Foxes
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Foxes
- Human-animal relationships
- JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World
- Foxes as pets
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Foxes as pets--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General
- Lists With This Book
- Eco-Reading
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
- Author-Fan Face-off
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Sara Pennypacker about Pax
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sara Pennypacker
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jon Klassen
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Sara Pennypacker “Dressing a Story: Writing PAX ”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 7

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2016

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Middle Grades Selection, 2016
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