Class Act
by Jerry Craft
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 13,864
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 340L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 509058, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Private schools--Comic books, strips, etc
- Race relations--Juvenile fiction
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Comic books, strips, etc
- African Americans--Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists--Comic books, strips, etc
- JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous
- Race relations--Comic books, strips, etc
- Middle schools--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men
- Cartoonists
- African American school children--Comic books, strips, etc
- Middle schools--Comic books, strips, etc
- Individuality--Comic books, strips, etc
- African Americans--Fiction
- Race relations
- JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- Private schools--Fiction
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools
- Individuality--Fiction
- Private schools--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans
- Cartoonists--Juvenile fiction
- African American school children--Juvenile fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Jerry Craft about Class Act
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jerry Craft
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jerry Craft “Class ActVirtual Book Tour”
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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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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jerry Craft
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jerry Craft “Class ActVirtual Book Tour”
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Interview with Jerry Craft
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Questions from Down the Hobbit Hole
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Talk to Your Kids About... Discussion Questions from Common Sense Media
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Teaching Guide from HarperStacks
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Invitation to Imagine from Jerry Craft
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kyla Garcia and Almarie Guerra
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by various narrators
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Book Trailers 2
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Graphic Novels Selection, 2021
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2022
Commended, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Graphic Novels Selection, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2021
Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2020
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