You're Welcome, Universe
by Whitney Gardner
A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2017
Word Count 62,609
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 188179, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Fiction
- Identity
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Artists--Fiction
- Deaf students
- Highschool students
- High school students--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Alternative Family
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiction
- Deaf students--Juvenile fiction
- Graffiti--Fiction
- Graffiti artists--Juvenile fiction
- Vandalism--Juvenile fiction
- Deaf students--fiction
- Children of gay parents
- Graffiti
- Juvenile works
- Children of gay parents--Juvenile fiction
- Young adult works
- Deaf culture
- Artists--Juvenile fiction
- Vandalism
- Street art--Juvenile fiction
- Street art--Fiction
- High school students
- Artists
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | General
- Graffiti--Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- Graffiti artists
- Deaf culture--Juvenile fiction
- Graffiti artists--Fiction
- Street art
- Young Adult Fiction
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2023
Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
High Interest Selection, 2017
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