One Good Thing about America
by Ruth Freeman
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2017
Word Count 31,175
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 570L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 189824, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Immigrants
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Homeless persons--Fiction
- English language
- English language--Fiction
- Family life
- Homeless persons
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Africans
- United States
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Africans--United States--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Family life--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Exploring the Refugee Crisis
- What It’s Like to Be a Refugee
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Honor, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018
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