The Dangerous Art of Blending in
by Angelo Surmelis
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2018
Word Count 65,310
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 500L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199078, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Gay teenagers--Family relationships--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Physical & Emotional Abuse
- Gay teenagers--Family relationships--Juvenile fiction
- Love--Fiction
- Greek Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | LGBTQ
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Greek Americans
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Physical & Emotional Abuse
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Emigration & Immigration
- Young Adult Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2023
Finalist, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2018
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