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213 Valentines

213 Valentines

By Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Wil Clay

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 5.1

Lexile Measure®: 630L

DRA: Not Available

Guided Reading: Not Available

Genre

  • Realistic Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Elementary School
  • Valentine's Day
  • Friends and Friendship

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About This Book

"Fourth-grader Wade Thompson is having trouble adjusting to Kennedy, the new school where he has been transferred to a class for the gifted and talented…. With fast-moving dialogue, humor and sympathy, Cohen weaves a story of developing friendships and self-knowledge and once again demonstrates how well she understands a child's need for acceptance". — The Horn Book.

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Barbara Cohen
Barbara Cohen authored "The Carp in the Bathtub, " a Passover story that critics dubbed a modern cla...
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Wil Clay's biography
Wil Clay
Wil Clay never really considered working in children's books until 1989, when author Jan Wahl visited his Toledo studio and asked him to illustrate a book. The two produced the popular Tailypo! and later collaborated on Little Eight John, which received the Coretta Scott King Honor Award in 1993.
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