A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
by Amy Lee-Tai and Felicia Hoshino
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- Grade
- PK-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2006
Word Count 1,440
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 106088, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Japanese language materials
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction
- Japanese Americans
- Bilingual
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Fiction | Art
- Japanese language materials--Bilingual
- Picture books
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
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Lesson Plan from The AAPI Perspectives Oral History Project
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Picture Book Honor, 2026
Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Honor, 2026
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2007
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2007
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Bilingual Spanish/English Honor, 2007
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