Summer of the Gypsy Moths
by Sara Pennypacker
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- Grade
- 3-6
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 56,553
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 151049, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Great aunts
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Death--Fiction
- Loss (Psychology)
- Secrets--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Great aunts--Fiction
- Cape Cod (Mass.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction
- Death
- Cape Cod (Mass.)--Fiction
- Secrets
- Lists With This Book
- Death & Loss
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Awards & Distinctions 3

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2012

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012
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