Unbecoming
by Jenny Downham
18 Total Resources 7 Awards 2 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2016
Word Count 119,710
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 180008, 18 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- England--Juvenile fiction
- Family secrets
- Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers
- England
- Brothers and sisters
- Mothers and daughters
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Juvenile fiction
- Secrets--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Alzheimer's disease--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Family secrets--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- Patients
- Family life--Fiction
- Alzheimer's disease
- Young Adult Fiction
- England--Fiction
- Secrets
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jenny Downham about Unbecoming
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jenny Downham
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher Notes from Scholastic Australia
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jenny Downham
Created by Scholastic Audio
Awards & Distinctions 7

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2023
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2017

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2016

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Young Adult Selection, 2016
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