For Black Girls Like Me
by Mariama J. Lockington
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 54,823
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 500L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 502853, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Interracial adoption
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Interracial adoption--Fiction
- Moving, Household
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Adoption
- Home schooling--Fiction
- Family problems--Fiction
- Family problems
- Identity
- Identity--Fiction
- Home schooling
- African Americans
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Commended, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2019
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