How It All Blew Up
by Arvin Ahmadi
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
- Muslim
- Middle Eastern
- Asian American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 54,500
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512273, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Iranian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Fiction
- Muslims--Fiction
- United States. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Travel & Transportation / General
- Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Questioning--Fiction
- Iranian Americans
- Families
- United States. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection--Juvenile fiction
- Gay men and lesbians--Fiction
- Gay men--Juvenile fiction
- Questioning--Juvenile fiction
- Iranian Americans--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents
- United States. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection--Fiction
- Americans--Italy--Rome--Juvenile fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Juvenile fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Family life--Fiction
- Gay teenagers--Fiction
- Americans
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Gay teenagers
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ
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Awards & Distinctions 1

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020
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