Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women
by Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2022
Word Count 1,222
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 518339, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- ReÌformatrices sociales--Massachusetts--Boston--Biographies
- Women's shelters--Massachusetts--Boston--Juvenile literature
- Rosie's Place (Boston, Mass.)--Juvenile literature
- Tiernan, Kip
- Social reformers
- Tiernan, Kip, 1926-2011
- Women's rights--Biography
- Women's shelters
- Massachusetts--Boston
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Activism & Social Justice
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--United States--History--20th century
- Women social reformers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography
- Maisons d'heÌbergement pour femmes--Massachusetts--Boston--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Poor women
- Tiernan, Kip, 1926-2011--Juvenile literature
- Homeless persons
- Rosie's Place (Boston, Mass.)
- Women social reformers
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Women
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Invitation to Imagine from Christine McDonnell
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Invitation to Imagine from Christine McDonnell
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 4

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Winner, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022
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