Beneath a Meth Moon
by Jacqueline Woodson
In layers of flashback, fifteen-year-old Laurel reveals events that led to her fall... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 26,644
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 148542
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Pass Christian (Miss.)--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dy
- Grief--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Runaways
- Runaways--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Fiction
- Grief
- Methamphetamine abuse
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Drug abuse--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Runaways
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Drugs, Alc
- Methamphetamine
- Methamphetamine--Fiction
- Runaway teenagers
- Drug abuse
- Iowa
- Iowa--Fiction
- Pass Christian (Miss.)
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Fiction Books, 9-10
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