The Beast
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2003
Word Count 34,255
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 76347
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Lists With This Book
- Romance
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