A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest J. Gaines
"This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read,... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1997
Word Count 76,845
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 10287
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American men--Drama
- Fiction | Literary
- African American men
- Large type books
- Death row inmates--Fiction
- Louisiana
- Race relations--Fiction
- Louisiana--Fiction
- Friendship--Drama
- Death row inmates--Drama
- Friendship--Fiction
- African American men--Fiction
- Friendship
- Race relations
- Race relations--Drama
- Historical fiction
- Death row inmates
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