Boy Kills Man
by Matt Whyman
Thirteen-year-old Sonny may be small for his age but having grown up on the streets... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 37,530
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 86340
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Best friends--Fiction
- Best friends
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Assassins--Fiction
- Assassins
- Medellín (Colombia)--Fiction
- Colombia--Fiction
- Organized crime--Fiction
- Columbia
- Organized crime
- Medellin (Colombia)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
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