All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
by Meghan McCarthy
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 1,636
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194390, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Barges--United States--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Mobro 4000 (Barge)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Barges
- Islip (N.Y.)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Break of Dawn (Tugboat)
- Sea stories--Miscellanea
- Islip (N.Y.)
- Voyages and travels--Juvenile literature
- Break of Dawn (Tugboat)--Juvenile literature
- Mobro 4000 (Barge)--Juvenile literature
- Miscellanea
- Refuse and refuse disposal--United States--Juvenile literature
- Sea stories
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Voyages and travels
- History
- United States
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Recycling & Green Living
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Meghan McCarthy
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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 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 4

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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