Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
New York Times bestseller; 6 starred reviews!
At once provocative, terrifying,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 104,468
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 197249, 17.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Monsters
- Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction
- Horror stories
- Conspiracies--Fiction
- Zombies--Fiction
- Conspiracies--Juvenile fiction
- Zombies--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Young Adult Fiction | Zombies
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Horror tales
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Baltimore (Md.)--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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