How to Find What You're Not Looking For
by Veera Hiranandani
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
- Disability
Year Published 2021
Word Count 68,512
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512837, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Jewish families--Fiction
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction
- Interracial marriage
- Antisemitism--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- Interracial marriage--Fiction
- Prejudices
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Prejudices--Juvenile fiction
- Jewish families--Juvenile fiction
- Jewish families
- Learning disabilities--Juvenile fiction
- Sisters
- Family life--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- Interpersonal relations
- Interracial marriage--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Preteen girls--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Books with Jewish Main Characters
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Awards & Distinctions 7
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2022
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Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2024
Winner, 2022
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2022
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National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2023
Middle Grade Finalist, 2021
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