How High the Moon
by Karyn Parsons
To Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer in this powerful, bittersweet... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
Year Published 2019
Word Count 59,592
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 501286, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- 20th century
- Race relations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Families
- South Carolina--History--20th century--Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- Segregation--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Family life--South Carolina--Fiction
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Segregation
- African Americans--Fiction
- South Carolina
- Race relations
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
Our Original Resources 3
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 2
Author Interviews 4
American Sign Language and English (Bilingual) Panel Discussion with Karyn Parsons
Created by Everywhere Book Fest
Guest post by Karyn Parsons
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Karyn Parsons
Created by Puffin Books
Interview with Karyn Parsons
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading narrated by Karyn Parsons
Created by Puffin Books
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Karyn Parsons and Sisi Aisha Johnson
Created by Hachette Audio
Awards & Distinctions 1
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2019
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