The Benefits of Being an Octopus
by Ann Braden
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 55,703
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 198616
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Family problems--Fiction
- Schools
- Dysfunctional families
- Brothers and sisters
- Debates and debating--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Middle schools
- Social classes
- Social classes--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
- Family problems
- Debates and debating
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
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