King and the Dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
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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
- Lists With This Book
- This List is Anti-Racist
- Window and Mirrors
- Diverse Lit Kits, 3-6
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kacen Callender about King and the Dragonflies
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kacen Callender
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 3
Author Interviews 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kacen Callender
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by The Astoria Bookshop
Guest post by Kacen Callender
Created by 88 Cups of Tea
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by Free Library of Philadelphia
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Idea from Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA
Created by Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA
Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading narrated by Kacen Callender
Created by Kacen Callender
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ron Butler
Created by Scholastic Audio
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Scholastic
Created by Scholastic
Awards & Distinctions 3
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 2020
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Longlist, 2020
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