Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
by Esmé Raji Codell
There aren't too many teachers who are written about in the New Yorker, People, Entertainment... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 1999
Word Count 33,430
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 32533, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Chicago
- Elementary school teachers
- Diaries
- First year teachers
- Illinois
- Biography & Autobiography | Educators
- Elementary school teachers--Illinois--Chicago--Diaries
- Codell, Esmé Raji, 1968-
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Codell, Esme Raji
- First year teachers--Illinois--Chicago--Diaries
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Alex Awards, 1998-2023
Winner, 2000
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