Ashes to Asheville
by Sarah Dooley
Two sisters take off on a wild road trip in this poignant tale for fans of Counting... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2017
Word Count 48,172
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 188389, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dy
- Grief in children
- Sisters--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Alternative Family
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Mothers
- Automobile travel--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Alternative Family
- Grief
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Sisters
- Automobile travel
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- Death
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Alternative Famil
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2022
Finalist, 2018
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2017
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