The Other Side: Shorter Poems
by Angela Johnson
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1999
Word Count 3,381
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 70166, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- African American girls
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- African Americans
- Alabama
- African Americans--Juvenile poetry
- African Americans--Poetry
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American girls--Juvenile poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Alabama--Poetry
- Alabama--Juvenile poetry
- American poetry
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Angela Johnson about The Other Side
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Angela Johnson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Reader's Guide from Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Created by Lee B. Hopkins Poetry Award
Awards & Distinctions 3

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 1999

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
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