Paper Towns
by John Green
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Mystery
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 81,739
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 125323, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Missing persons--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Runaways
- Florida--Fiction
- Florida
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Detective and mystery stories
- Missing persons
- Coming of age
- Mystery and detective stories
- Coming of age--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Lists With This Book
- Challenged Young Adult Books
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Edgars Award, 1961-2022
Winner, 2009
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