A Very, Very Bad Thing
by Jeffery Self
From the author of Drag Teen, a startling novel about the complexities of... read more
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Homophobia--Juvenile fiction
- Honesty--Fiction
- Parent and child--Juvenile fiction
- Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Queer people--Fiction
- LGBTQ people--Fiction
- Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Suicide--Fiction
- Suicide--Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Parent and child--Fiction
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