Torn
by David Massey
Witnesses to a mystery on the battlefield, a British medic and an American Navy SEAL... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Mystery
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
Year Published 2013
Word Count 65,902
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 159830
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Soldiers
- Medical care--Fiction
- Soldiers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Afghan War, 2001---Juvenile fiction
- War
- Afghan War, 2001---Fiction
- Medical care
- Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Afghanistan--Fiction
- War--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Afghanistan
- Young Adult Fiction
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 2

South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2020
Commended, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2014
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