Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before
by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Shy, intellectual, and living in rural Oregon, Triinu Hoffman just doesn't fit in.... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2014
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBTQ
- 20th century
- Oregon
- Lesbians
- Schools
- High schools--Fiction
- Oregon--History--20th century--Fiction
- Lesbian teenagers
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Fiction
- Lesbians--Fiction
- Gay rights
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Family life
- High schools
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- History
- Schools--Fiction
- Family life--Oregon--Fiction
- Families
- Gay rights--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2022
Commended, 2016

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2022
Finalist, 2015
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