Pie in the Sky
by Remy Lai
Jingwen, his little brother Yanghao, and their mother are recent immigrants to Australia... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2019
Word Count 51,129
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 503334, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction
- Australia--Fiction
- Schools
- Immigrants
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Language and languages
- Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Baking
- Baking--Fiction
- Language and languages--Fiction
- Cakes
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Cakes--Fiction
- Australia
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Graphic Novels
- Single-parent families
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
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- Teaching Graphic Novels
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Awards & Distinctions 9

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Honor, 2020

Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2020

Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2022
Selection, 2020

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2019
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