American Street
by Ibi Zoboi
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2017
Word Count 73,622
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187750, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants--Juvenile fiction
- Haitians--United States--Juvenile fiction
- Schools
- Immigrants
- New students--Young adult fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
- Haitians
- American Dream
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Cousins--Juvenile fiction
- Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.)--Fiction
- Cousins--Fiction
- Haitians--United States--Fiction
- American Dream--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction
- Cousins
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Detroit (Mich.)--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- United States
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Interpersonal relations
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Ibi Zoboi about American Street
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 12
Meet-the-Author Recording with Ibi Zoboi
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2018 Américas Award acceptance speech by Ibi Zoboi
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 7
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Américas Award, 1993-2023
Winner, 2018
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Young Adult Selection, 2017
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