Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2012
Word Count 64,315
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 154838, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | General
- Family problems--Fiction
- Schools
- Lesbians
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Dating & Sex
- Prejudices
- Love--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice
- Prejudices--Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Gossip
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Lesbians--Fiction
- Gossip--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
- High schools
- Family problems
- Love
- Man-woman relationships
- Schools--Fiction
- Families
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Dating & Sex
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
- Lists With This Book
- Fiction Books, 9-10
- GLBTQ Experience & Identity: 6-12
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 13
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Book Readings 2
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2022
Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2022
Commended, 2013
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2022
Finalist, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Young Adults Selection, 2013
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2022
Finalist, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2012
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