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Teaching Miracle’s Boys

Miracle’s Boys

From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents. It's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys. Middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. Now, a

Jacqueline Woodson
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do the pains and problems in people's lives affect them and their relationships?
STANDARDS:
RL.1 - Meaning & Evidence, RL.2 - Main Ideas, RL.3 - Characters & Plot, RL.4 - Key Terms & Tone, RL.5 - Text Structure

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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