I Can Make This Promise
by Christine Day
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2019
Word Count 42,472
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505943, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Secrets--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Adoption
- Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction
- Adoption--Fiction
- Family life--Washington (State)--Seattle--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Adoption
- Identity
- Identity--Fiction
- Seattle (Wash.)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
- Coast Salish Indians
- Washington (State)
- Seattle
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Fiction
- Family life
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice
- Coast Salish Indians--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United S
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Indians of North America
- Secrets
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Christine Day about I Can Make This Promise
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Christine Day
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Educator's Guide from Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Discussion Questions from Reading Group Choices
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kyla Garcia
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Book Trailers 2
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Vocabulary Resources 2
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2026
Honor, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2026
Commended, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2019
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2019
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