The Key to Every Thing
by Pat Schmatz
For eleven-year-old Tash, Cap'n Jackie isn't just the elderly next-door neighbor... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 31,285
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 195062
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Magic--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Children and adults--Fiction
- Locks and keys--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Alternative Family
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Camps--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Alternative Family
- Camps--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Magic--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Families--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying
- Children and adults--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Juvenile Fiction
- NBSLS Sora/Overdrive Titles
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Pat Schmatz
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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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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 1
Author's Note by Pat Schmatz
Created by Candlewick Press
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bahni Turpin
Created by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Awards & Distinctions 1
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2018
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