King and the Dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Cultural Area
- African American
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2020
Word Count 49,487
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 507429
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Brothers--Juvenile fiction
- Brothers--Fiction
- Hate crimes--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Dragonflies--Fiction
- Louisiana
- Louisiana--Fiction
- Hate crimes--Louisiana--Juvenile fiction
- African American boys
- Brothers
- Louisiana--Juvenile fiction
- African American boys--Juvenile fiction
- Dragonflies--Juvenile fiction
- Hate crimes
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans
- Dragonflies
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kacen Callender about King and the Dragonflies
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kacen Callender
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Idea from Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA
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Book Readings 2

Video Book Reading narrated by Kacen Callender
Created by National Book Foundation

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ron Butler
Created by Scholastic Audio
Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Scholastic
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 11

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2021
Honor, 2021

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2021
Commended, 2021

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2021

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Author Honor, 2021

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Honor, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2021
Finalist, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2020

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2020

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2020
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