Louisiana's Way Home
by Kate DiCamillo
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- Grade
- 3-6
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 31,222
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 198417, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers
- JUVENILE FICTION--Family--Orphans & Foster Homes
- Grandmothers--United States--Fiction
- Orphans--Juvenile fiction
- Moving, Household
- Grandparent and child--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction
- Grandmothers--United States--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Friendship
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- United States
- Grandparent and child
- JUVENILE FICTION--Family--Multigenerational
- Lists With This Book
- Social and Emotional Learning
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Awards & Distinctions 6

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2019; Audiobooks Selection, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2018
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