Legend
by Marie Lu • Book 1 of the Legend Trilogy
Day is the Republic’s most wanted criminal. June is the Republic’s most... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2011
Word Count 75,464
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 148251
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Criminals
- Soldiers
- Fugitives from justice
- Fugitives from justice--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- War stories
- Government, Resistance to--Fiction
- Plague--Fiction
- Plague
- Science fiction
- Soldiers--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
- Government, Resistance to--Juvenile fiction
- War
- Plague--Juvenile fiction
- Fugitives from justice--Juvenile fiction
- Government, Resistance to
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Runaways
- Criminals--Fiction
- Soldiers--Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- War--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense
- Young Adult Fiction
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- Monsoon Asia
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- Science Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
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