The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
by Thi Bui
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Graphic Novel
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2017
Word Count 17,358
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193830, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese--Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees
- Vietnamese Americans
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Refugees--United States--Comic books, strips, etc
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Vietnamese Americans--Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnamese Americans--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees--Biography
- Graphic novels
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- Cartoons and comics
- Autobiographical comics
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Bui, Thi--Comic books, strips, etc
- Biographies
- United States
- Bui, Thi
- Refugees--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc
- Biography / Autobiography
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese
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- 2024 OCBC History
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Thi Bui about The Best We Could Do
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Thi Bui
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Readings 1
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Video Book Reading narrated by Thi Bui
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Awards & Distinctions 2
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Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024
Commended, 2018
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Graphic Novels Selection, 2017
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