Dress Codes for Small Towns
by Court Stevens
A ya book set in a small town in which the main character, a preacher’s kid,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2017
Word Count 71,039
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 500309, 11.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Cities and towns
- Sexual orientation
- Friendship in adolescence--Juvenile fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction
- Sex--Fiction
- Identity--Fiction
- Friendship in adolescence
- Self-acceptance--Fiction
- Gender roles
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--LGBTQ
- Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Sexual orientation--Juvenile fiction
- Tomboys--Juvenile fiction
- Teenage girls--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Romance--Contemporary
- Teenagers
- Children of clergy
- Tomboys
- Domestic fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Gender roles--Fiction
- Kentucky
- Friendship--Fiction
- Gender roles--Juvenile fiction
- Children of clergy--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Social Themes--Dating & Sex
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 4

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Young Adults Honor, 2018

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2023
Commended, 2018

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2018
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