Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story)
by Daniel Nayeri
36 Total Resources 8 Awards 14 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- Asian American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 85,620
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 509792, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Daniel Nayeri about Everything Sad Is Untrue
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Daniel Nayeri
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 13
Meet-the-Author Recording with Daniel Nayeri
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Author Fan Face-off with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Guest post by Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Interview with Daniel Nayeri
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Lit Lessons
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Unit Plan from Levine Querido
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Book Readings 4
Video Book Reading of "Imagine You're Like Brandon Goff" narrated by Daniel Nayeri
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Video Book Reading of "I Am Ugly" narrated by Daniel Nayeri
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Video Book Reading of "When You Ask People in Oklahoma" narrated by Daniel Nayeri
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Daniel Nayeri
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Book Trailers 3
Full Documentary Short from Levine Querido
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Preview Trailer from Levine Querido
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Video Book Trailer from Levine Querido
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2022
Winner, 2021
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Middle Selection, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
Honor, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2020
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Young Adults Selection, 2020
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