Spin
by Lamar Giles
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Mystery
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 87,954
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 501025
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Fans (Persons)--Fiction
- Fans (Persons)--Juvenile fiction
- Disc jockeys--Juvenile fiction
- Murder
- Celebrities--Fiction
- African American teenagers
- Mystery fiction
- Celebrities--Death--Juvenile fiction
- Celebrities
- Young Adult Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Disc jockeys--Fiction
- Investigation
- African Americans
- Grief--Fiction
- Murder--Investigation--Juvenile fiction
- African American teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Disc jockeys
- Death
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fans (Persons)
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Friendship--Fiction
- Grief--Juvenile fiction
- Mystery and detective stories
- Murder--Fiction
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Grief
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- 7th to 8th Grade GT Suggested Summer Rea
- Diverse Lit Kits, 7-8
- Suspense and Thriller
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