A Good Kind of Trouble
by Lisa Moore Ramée
African American Shayla has grown up in the suburbs and went to a predominantly white... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 62,831
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 501309, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- Sisters--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction
- Identity--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
- Black lives matter movement--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Black lives matter movement--Juvenile fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 8

BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021
First Novelist Winner, 2021

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First Novelist Winner, 2021

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Honor, 2020

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Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020

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Middle Selection, 2019

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Selection, 2019
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