Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
Year Published 2021
Word Count 21,359
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 510574, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Mother-daughter relationship--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- East Indian Americans
- Leukemia--Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools--Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Families
- Schools
- Sick parents--Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Friendship--Fiction
- Sick parents
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Leukemia--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
- JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
- Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction
- East Indian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- STEAMTeam Books 2021
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Awards & Distinctions 11

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Winner, 2022

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2022
Selection, 2022

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2022

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2022

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2021
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