Merci Suárez Plays It Cool
by Meg Medina • Book 3 of the Merci Suárez Trilogy
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2022
Word Count 68,406
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 515674, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- School stories
- Middle school students--Fiction
- Soccer players--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--People & Places--United States--Hispanic & Latino
- Middle schools--Juvenile fiction
- Cuban Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Soccer--Fiction
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent-grandchild relationship--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Friendship
- Cuban Americans
- Soccer players--Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent-grandchild relationship--Fiction
- Cuban Americans--Fiction
- Middle school students
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Middle school students--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--School & Education
- Friendship--Fiction
- Loyalty
- Friendship
- Middle schools
- Loyalty--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Meg Medina
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 10
Virtual book club discussion with Meg Medina
Created by Latinx KidLit Book Festival
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by Colorín Colorado
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by KidLit TV
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by Candlewick Press Presents Podcast
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by Everywhere Book Fest
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by Kids Ask Authors
Interview with Meg Medina
Created by NPR
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Inauguration for Meg Medina
Created by Library of Congress
On what it means to be Latinx with Meg Medina
Created by Latinx KidLit Book Festival
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Discussion Guide from Candlewick Press
Created by Candlewick Press
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Frankie Corzo
Created by Dreamscape Media
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Candlewick Press
Created by Candlewick Press
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
Created by Vocabulary.com
Awards & Distinctions 5
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2023
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2022
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2022
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