Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Freddy (Frederica) is totally on the hook for Laura Dean. They’re dating—... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Area
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 7,935
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 507004
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Love--Fiction
- Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBT
- Lesbians--Fiction
- Cartoons and comics
- Conduct of life
- Teenagers
- Love in adolescence
- Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Love
- Adolescence
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Mariko Tamaki about Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Mariko Tamaki
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Mariko Tamaki “Writing with Voice in Comic Strips”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Talk To Your Kids About... Discussion Questions from Common Sense Media
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 8

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2020
Winner, 2020

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2020
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2020
Honor, 2020

Eisner Awards, 2011-2020
Winner, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Graphic Novels Selection, 2019
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