On the Horizon
by Lois Lowry and Kenard Pak
From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
Year Published 2020
Word Count 3,757
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 580L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 508618
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American--Juvenile literature
- History
- Hawaii
- Casualties
- Bombardment, 1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Juvenile literature
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Juvenile literature
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi
- World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Asia
- Lowry, Lois--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Japan
- Lowry, Lois
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- World War, 1939-1945
- Childhood and youth
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile literature
- Hiroshima-shi
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- Lists With This Book
- Virtual Book Tours
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Lois Lowry
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Lois Lowry about On the Horizon
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lois Lowry
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Lois Lowry “On the Horizon Virtual Book Tour”
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Lois Lowry “Beginnings: How Life and Writing Mirror Each Other”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond 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 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Lit Lessons
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Invitation to Imagine from Lois Lowry
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Educator's Guide from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Lois Lowry
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