The Best Man
by Richard Peck
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2016
Word Count 39,141
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 184177
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Schools
- Weddings--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Gays
- Same-sex marriage
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
- Role models--Fiction
- Family life
- Gays--Fiction
- Role models
- Schools--Fiction
- Weddings
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also
- Family life--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Grades 4-8 Reader's Theater Scripts Real
- Juvenile Collection
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Richard Peck about The Best Man
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Richard Peck
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Richard Peck “Writing Begins with Research”
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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 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Educator's Guide from Penguin Random House
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Michael Crouch
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2017

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2016

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2016
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