Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2016
Word Count 68,508
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 180933, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Family problems--Fiction
- Dysfunctional families
- Teenage girls
- Disco dancing--Fiction
- Cuban Americans--Fiction
- Electric power failures
- Coming of age--Fiction
- Cuban Americans--New York (State)--New York--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Serial murders
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Families
- New York (N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Fiction Books, 9-10
- YA Resists
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Meg Medina about Burn Baby Burn
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Meg Medina
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Meg Medina “Surprises of Research in Creating BURN BABY BURN”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 16
Meet-the-Author Recording with Meg Medina
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Meg Medina “Surprises of Research in Creating BURN BABY BURN”
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Author's Note Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Candlewick Press
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Marisol Ramirez
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Book Trailers 2
Video Book Trailer from Eliot Rosewater Book Award
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Video Book Trailer from Meg Medina
Created by Meg Medina
Awards & Distinctions 11
Américas Award, 1993-2022
Commended, 2017
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2022
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
City Selection, 2016
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2016
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