Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 7,935
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 230L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 507004, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Love--Fiction
- Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- LGBTQ Lives
- Teen Comics Core Collection
Our Original Resources 6
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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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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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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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 8

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2023
Honor, 2020

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2023
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
Winner, 2020

Eisner Awards, 2011-2023
Winner, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Graphic Novels Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2019

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Young Adult Selection, 2019
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