The Young Landlords
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1979
Word Count 50,931
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 11750
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Lists With This Book
- African American Heritage and Culture
- Middle School ELA Novel List
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