A Place to Belong
by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo
29 Total Resources 8 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Asian American
- Asian
Year Published 2019
Word Count 74,805
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 503542, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction
- Identity
- Immigrants
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- 1945-1989
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- Bombardment, 1945
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions &
- Identity--Fiction
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- Japan
- Japan--History--1945-1989--Fiction
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration
- Identity (Psychology)
- Immigrants--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia
- History
- Emigration and immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Kadohata about A Place to Belong
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Kuo
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Cynthia Kadohata “Finding Inspiration for Writing”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Kuo
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Cynthia Kadohata “Finding Inspiration for Writing”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by Simon & Schuster
Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by Booklist Online
Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by Book Browse
Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
Created by Fairfax Network - Fairfax County Public Schools
Interview with Julia Kuo
Created by Taiwanese American
Interview with Julia Kuo
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Interview with Julia Kuo
Created by Washington University Alumni Association
Interview with Julia Kuo
Created by Kids Ask Authors podcast
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Reading Group Guide from Simon & Schuster
Created by Simon & Schuster
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
Created by Simon & Schuster Audio
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 8
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2019
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2022
Winner, 2019
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2019
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