The Impossible Knife of Memory
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2014
Word Count 83,517
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 163323, 12.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Fathers and daughters
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Family problems--Fiction
- Dysfunctional families
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Depression
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Fiction
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction
- Family problems
- Veterans
- Veterans--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Unpacking Mental Health Issues
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2022
Finalist, 2015

ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Young Adults Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2014
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