Booked
by Kwame Alexander
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 20,343
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 181133
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Soccer--Fiction
- Books and reading
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Book and reading
- Self-esteem
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- Self-esteem--Fiction
- Reading--Fiction
- Soccer stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Soccer
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Soccer
- Novels in verse
- Books--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United S
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Socc
- Soccer
- Lists With This Book
- School Stories: Selected K-12 Literature
- Choice Texts Gr. 6
- High School Classroom Libraries
- 8th Grade LDG
- MS Resources for District eBooks
- 7th Grade Novel Selections By Unit
- Western Hemisphere
- 7th Grade Novel Selections By Unit
- Great Reads for Kids and Tweens Sample L
- Kids' Choice 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Juvenile Fiction
- Juvenile Collection
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about Booked
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Alexander
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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 23
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Literacy importance with Kwame Alexander
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2016 National Book Festival interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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2016 L.A. Times Festival of Books interview Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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April 2016 interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Guest post by Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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July 27, 2017 Morning Edition interview with Kwame Alexander
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Interview with Kwame Alexander
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Questions from Itsybitsymom
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Educator's Guide from Harcourt
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Activity Guide from Harcourt
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Book Readings 3
Video Book Reading narrated by Kwame Alexander
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kwame Alexander
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kwame Alexander
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Book Trailers 1
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 10
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Sports Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2016
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016
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