A Handful of Stars
by Cynthia Lord
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 32,823
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 174049, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Blind dogs--Fiction
- Maine--Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry--Juvenile fiction
- Blind dogs--Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic/Latino
- Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor
- Grandparents--Fiction
- Children of migrant laborers--Juvenile fiction
- Children of migrant laborers
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents
- Maine
- Hispanic American children
- Dogs--Fiction
- Dogs
- Hispanic American children--Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans
- Maine--Fiction
- Hispanic Americans--Fiction
- Blueberry industry--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Blind dogs
- Migrant labor--Fiction
- Friendship
- Grandparent and child
- Lists With This Book
- Books From All 50 States - Maine
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Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016
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Selection, 2016
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Elementary Selection, 2015
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