The Luck of the Buttons
by Anne Ylvisaker
In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family’s luck... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Humor
- Mystery
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2011
Word Count 31,031
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 143565, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Family life--Iowa--Fiction
- 20th century
- Photography--Fiction
- Iowa--History--20th century--Fiction
- Photography
- Depressions--1929--Fiction
- Fortune
- Luck--Fiction
- Mystery and detective stories
- Family life
- Luck
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Iowa
- Friendship
- Lists With This Book
- Books From All 50 States - Iowa
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