Betty Before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 34,656
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193861, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Stepfamilies--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Shabazz, Betty Fiction
- Detroit
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Family life--Michigan--Detroit--Fiction
- Michigan
- Detroit (Mich.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements--Fiction
- Stepfamilies
- Shabazz, Betty
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States
- Shabazz, Betty--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- History
- Racism--Fiction
- Families
- Racism
- Childhood and youth
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Lists With This Book
- Conversations through Literacy
- Black History Biographies
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson about Betty Before X
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ilyasah Shabazz
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ilyasah Shabazz
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 4

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2018
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