Flying Lessons & Other Stories
by Ellen Oh, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, and Meg Medina
50 Total Resources 6 Awards 8 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 3-12
Year Published 2017
Word Count 39,410
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 186505, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States
- Children's stories, American
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / General
- Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories
- Children's Books/All Ages
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
- Short stories
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United S
- Lists With This Book
- Multicultural Stories
- Short Stories
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Meg Medina
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ellen Oh
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly J. Baptist
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Meg Medina
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ellen Oh
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly J. Baptist
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Author Interviews 26
Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Soman Chainani
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Interview with Kelly J. Baptist
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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Interview with Meg Medina
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National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Inauguration for Meg Medina
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On what it means to be Latinx with Meg Medina
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Champions of Literature Discussion with Meg Medina
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Interview with Ellen Oh
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Would You Rather with Soman Chainani
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All-Star Juvenalia panel discussion with Soman Chainani
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Interview with Soman Chainani
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Interview with Kelly J. Baptist
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Interview with Kelly J. Baptist
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Educators' Guide from Random House Teachers & Librarians
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Book Readings 1
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Vocabulary Resources 2
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Awards & Distinctions 6
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2026
Commended, 2018
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2026
Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2026
Middle Selection, 2017; Audiobooks Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2017
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017
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