Jerk, California
by Jonathan Friesen
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Disability
Year Published 2008
Word Count 71,008
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 510L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 126100
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Tourette syndrome
- Fathers--Fiction
- Fathers
- Identity
- Automobile travel
- Tourette syndrome--Fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Identity--Fiction
- Automobile travel--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents
- Interpersonal relations
- Young Adult Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2019
Winner, 2009
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