Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
by Deborah Hopkinson and James Ransome
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- PK-4
- Genre
- Picture Book
Year Published 2006
Word Count 1,407
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 106084, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Subject Headings
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction
- 1898-1951
- Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Design and construction
- Skyscrapers
- History
- Skyscrapers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Art
- New York (N.Y.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Building
- Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)--Design and construction--Fiction
- Building--Fiction
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- Labor Books
- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2007
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Selection, 2007
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