The Blackbird Girls
by Anne Blankman
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 2020
Word Count 83,362
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 509231, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986--Juvenile fiction
- Secrets--Fiction
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Secrecy
- Secrecy--Juvenile fiction
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Fiction
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986--Fiction
- Grandmothers
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Ukraine--Juvenile fiction
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Commended, 2021

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Honor, 2021

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
Finalist, 2020
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