Rain Is Not My Indian Name
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2001
Word Count 30,907
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 50386, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Death--Fiction
- Photography--Fiction
- Indians of North America--Fiction
- Photography
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Death
- Grief
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Indians of North America
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Cynthia Leitich Smith “Letters to the Inner Teen: Writing DEAR BULLY”
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 1
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
High School Selection, 2021; Middle Selection, 2010
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