Flying the Dragon
by Natalie Dias Lorenzi and Kelly Murphy
Cousins Hiroshi and Skye are thrown together against their will after Hiroshi’s... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2012
Word Count 55,981
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 152671, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Kites--Fiction
- Family life--Virginia--Fiction
- Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Japanese American families
- Schools
- Japanese Americans
- Racially mixed people
- Japanese Americans--Fiction
- Culture shock--Juvenile fiction
- Virginia
- Kites
- Kites--Juvenile fiction
- Japanese--United States--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Culture shock--Fiction
- Japanese--Virginia--Juvenile fiction
- Moving, Household
- Virginia--Juvenile fiction
- Cousins--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Cousins--Fiction
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Virginia--Fiction
- Japanese American families--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- Cousins
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Japanese
- Schools--Fiction
- United States
- Culture shock
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Lists With This Book
- Books From All 50 States - Virginia
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About the Authors 5
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Natalie Dias Lorenzi
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Interview with Kelly Murphy
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2014
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Teacher's Guide from Natalie Dias Lorenzi
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Awards & Distinctions 3
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
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