Nowhere Boy
by Katherine Marsh
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- Muslim
- Asian (Global)
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2018
Word Count 76,819
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 500529, 12 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States
- Teenage boys--Belgium--Brussels--Fiction
- Orphans--Fiction
- Teenage boys
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Refugees
- Courage--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
- Hope--Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Orphans
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- Americans--Belgium--Brussels--Juvenile fiction
- Brussels (Belgium)--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Syrians--Belgium--Fiction
- Hope--Fiction
- Teenage boys--Belgium--Brussels--Juvenile fiction
- Refugee children
- Orphans--Juvenile fiction
- Teenage refugees
- Belgium--Brussels
- Americans--Belgium--Fiction
- Syrians--Belgium--Brussels--Juvenile fiction
- Hope
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Europe
- Americans
- Syrians
- Adventure stories
- Belgium
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Teenage refugees--Belgium--Brussels--Fiction
- Brussels (Belgium)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Courage--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Adventure and adventurers
- Courage
- Friendship
- Teenage refugees--Belgium--Brussels--Juvenile fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Katherine Marsh about Nowhere Boy
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Katherine Marsh
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Katherine Marsh
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Interview with Katherine Marsh
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Interview with Katherine Marsh
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Interview with Katherine Marsh
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Interview with Katherine Marsh
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Curriculum Connections from Vermont Department of Libraries
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Reader and Educator Guide from MacKids School & Library
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Resource Guide from Indiana Library Federation
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Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading narrated by Katherine Marsh
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jeremy Arthur
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Book Trailers 2
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Awards & Distinctions 3
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2019
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