Deer Run Home
by Ann Clare Lezotte
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2024
Word Count 14,591
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 554089, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Abused children--Juvenile fiction
- American Sign Language--Fiction
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- American Sign Language--Juvenile fiction
- Family problems--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities
- Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse--Fiction
- Child abuse--Fiction
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Deaf children--Juvenile fiction
- Deaf people--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse)
- Sisters--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Read Across America, 2025-2026
- Disabled, Not Unable
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Book Guide from Scholastic
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Book Readings 2
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Vocabulary Resources 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2026
Commended, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2025
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2025
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Commended, 2025
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2025
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