Song for a Whale
by Lynne Kelly
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2019
Word Count 57,105
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199649, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Deaf Deaf
- Grandmothers Grandmothers
- Whales--Fiction
- Whales Whales
- Automobile travel Automobile travel
- Automobile travel--Fiction
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | Environment
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Deaf--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
- People with disabilities People with disabili
- Lists With This Book
- Disability Awareness
- We Are a Community: Building Empathy
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Lynne Kelly about Song for a Whale
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lynne Kelly
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Lynne Kelly “Song for a Whale For Teachers, By Teachers Series”
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1

Meet-the-Author Recording with Lynne Kelly
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Author and Abigail Revasch
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2020

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2019
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