The Season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 53,400
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 510L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 197536
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Family life--Indiana--Fiction
- Foster children--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Foster children
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Adventure stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Families
- Adventure and adventurers
- Indiana--Fiction
- Indiana
- Lists With This Book
- BER: What's New 2018: Top 100 Books
- Race, Police And Justice
- Anti-Racist Reading List
- Black Experiences
- Conversations through Literacy
- Diverse Lit Kits, 3-6
- Juvenile Fiction
- 3 Star Program, 2020 Middle Grade Nomine
- JCPS LMS Recommended Reading Grade 3-5
- Elementary Battle of the Books List 2021
- 6th to 7th Grade GT Summer Suggested Rea
- 7th to 8th Grade GT Summer Suggested Rea
- Internal Use Only: 2021 OBRs
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kekla Magoon about The Season of Styx Malone
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kekla Magoon
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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 4
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Guest post by Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Interview with Kekla Magoon
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Teaching Ideas from Random House Teachers & Librarians
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Discussion Questions from Redeemed Reader
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Sullivan Jones
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 9
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2021
Winner, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2019
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Honor, 2019
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2018
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