Merci Suárez Can't Dance
by Meg Medina • Book 2 of the Merci Suárez Trilogy • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2021
Word Count 74,030
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 511799, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Friendship
- Cuban Americans
- Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction
- School stories
- Girls--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Middle schools--Juvenile fiction
- Balls (Parties)--Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Girls
- Schools
- Balls (Parties)--Fiction
- Cuban Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Infatuation
- Love--Fiction
- Infatuation--Juvenile fiction
- Infatuation--Fiction
- Grandparent and child--Fiction,
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Emotions & Feelings
- Grandparent and child
- JUVENILE FICTION--Family--Multigenerational
- Girls--Fiction
- Middle schools
- Balls (Parties)
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Cuban Americans--Fiction,
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Meet-the-Author Recording 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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Candlewick Press
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Invitation to Imagine from Meg Medina
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 4
CCBC Choices
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
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Selection, 2021
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