Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine.
by Boaz Yakin, Sheldon Lettich, and Jennifer Li Shotz
The New York Times bestselling movie novelization—a powerful story about... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 48,099
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 740L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 177264, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Teenage boys
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Human-animal relationships.--Fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction
- Families of military personnel
- Mystery and detective stories
- Grief
- Families of military personnel--Juvenile fiction
- Dogs--War use--Juvenile fiction
- Dogs--War use--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Media Tie-In
- Human-animal relationships
- Dogs--War use
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
- Grief--Juvenile fiction
- Film novelizations
- Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 3
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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Author Interviews 6
Interview with Sheldon Lettich
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Interview with Boaz Yakin
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Interview with Boaz Yakin
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Interview with Boaz Yakin
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Interview with Sheldon Lettich
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American Sign Language and English (Bilingual) Panel Discussion with Jennifer Li Shotz
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Roger Wayne
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
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