This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
by Kacen Callender
~Lambda Literary Award finalist for the best LGBT YA novel of 2018~
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2018
Word Count 65,252
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 508482, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Best friends--Fiction
- Schools
- Best friends
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | LGBTQ
- High schools--Fiction
- Bisexuality
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Bisexuality--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Deaf--Fiction
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Single-parent families
- Deaf
- High schools
- Single-parent families--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Schools--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- People with disabilities
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kacen Callender about This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kacen Callender
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kacen Callender
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Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by Brock Shelley
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by Epic Reads
Guest post by Kacen Callender
Created by 88 Cups of Tea
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by Free Library of Philadelphia
Shop Talk Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by The Astoria Bookshop
Interview with Kacen Callender
Created by NPR
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ron Butler
Created by HarperAudio
Awards & Distinctions 1
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2023
Finalist, 2019
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