Blood Water Paint
by Joy McCullough
24 Total Resources 9 Awards 5 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 29,484
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 740L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 501018, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Art
- Rape--Fiction
- Artists--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Sexual Abuse
- Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653--Juvenile fiction
- Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653--Fiction
- Gender roles
- Trials (Rape)
- Women painters
- Novels in verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
- Renaissance
- Renaissance--Italy--Fiction
- Artists
- Gender roles--Fiction
- Trials (Rape)--Fiction
- History
- Italy
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Rape
- 1559-1789
- Italy--History--1559-1789--Fiction
- Gentileschi, Artemisia
- Young Adult Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Joy McCullough about Blood Water Paint
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Joy McCullough
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Reading Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Xe Sands
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 9

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Commended, 2019

William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2023
Finalist, 2019

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2023
Finalist, 2019

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2018
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