A Place to Belong
by Cynthia Kadohata and Julia Kuo
35 Total Resources 8 Awards Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Asian
Year Published 2019
Word Count 74,805
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 503542, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Belonging (Social psychology)--Fiction
- Identity
- Immigrants
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- 1945-1989
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- Bombardment, 1945
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions &
- Identity--Fiction
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- Japan
- Japan--History--1945-1989--Fiction
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration
- Identity (Psychology)
- Immigrants--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia
- History
- Emigration and immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Kadohata about A Place to Belong
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Kadohata
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Kuo
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Kadohata
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Julia Kuo
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Author Interviews 9
Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Kadohata
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Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
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Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
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Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
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Interview with Cynthia Kadohata
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Interview with Julia Kuo
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Interview with Julia Kuo
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Interview with Julia Kuo
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Interview with Julia Kuo
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Reading Group Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Reading Guide from Book It
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
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Vocabulary Resources 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2019
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Winner, 2019
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