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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

By On May 20, 2021 · 1 Comment · In Alliteration, Asking Questions, Book-in-Verse, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Figurative Language, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Plot Development, Point of View, Read Aloud, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Setting, Simile/Metaphor, Symbolism, Text Structure, Theme, Voice, Writing
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Clap When You Land
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Published March 5, 2020 by HarperTeen

Summary: In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of […]

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King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

By On April 8, 2021 · 1 Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Read Aloud, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Voice
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King and the Dragonflies
Author: Kacen Callender
Published: February 4, 2020 by Scholastic

GoodReads Summary: Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the […]

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