Sky Boys
What's Sky Boys About
The unbeatable team of Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. Join a young boy as he watches the Empire State Building being constructed from scratch, then travels to the top to look down on all of New York City in 1931. Hopkinson, a master of historical fiction, and Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, dazzle us with this ALA Notable and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of numerous critically acclaimed picture books, middle grade fiction, and nonfiction. She lives in Oregon with her family and menagerie of pets.
James E. Ransome’s highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriett received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed’s Barbershop; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; and Let My People Go, winner of the NAACP Image Award. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome. Some of their titles include Game Changers: The Story of Venus Serena Williams, which received four starred reviews; My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey; and Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass. Mr. Ransome teaches illustration at Pratt Institute and lives in upstate New York with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780375865411
- Publication Date
- January 10, 2012
- Publisher
- Dragonfly Books
- Original Publication Date
- January 4, 2004
- Page Count
- 48
- Words Per Page
- 29
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD770L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~R
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 106084
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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