The Year We Learned to Fly
by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2022
Word Count 540
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1010L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 514382, 0.5 AR Points
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- English Language Arts
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- CSLP 2023 Children
- CSLP 2024 English Early Literacy
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