My Name Is Not Easy
by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Luke knows his I ́nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2011
Word Count 57,107
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 147222, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Alaska--History--1959---Juvenile fiction
- 1959-
- Schools
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Juvenile fiction
- Boarding schools--Fiction
- Alaska
- Alaska--History--1959---Fiction
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Catholic schools--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Catholic schools
- History
- Schools--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Boarding schools
- Indians of North America
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