Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
by Joya Goffney
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 79,417
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512715, 11.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Diaries--Authorship--Fiction
- African American teenagers
- Anxiety
- Privacy--Fiction
- Phobias
- Teenagers--Fiction
- Extortion
- Teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Cyberbullying--Fiction
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- High school students
- African American teenagers--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Extortion--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / School & Education / Boarding School & Prep School
- Young adult fiction
- High school students--Juvenile fiction
- Doxing--Fiction
- Fear--Fiction
- Cyberbullying
- Diaries--Authorship
- High school students--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
- Phobias--Fiction
- Doxing
- Anxiety--Fiction
- Love stories
- Fear--Juvenile fiction
- Extorition--Fiction
- Extortion--Juvenile fiction
- Privacy
- Diaries--Juvenile fiction
- Lists--Juvenile fiction
- Lists--Fiction
- Diaries--Fiction
Our Original Resources 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 6
Interview with Joya Goffney
Created by Maya Ameyaw
Interview with Joya Goffney
Created by Written In Melanin
Guest post by Joya Goffney
Created by United By Pop
Interview with Joya Goffney
Created by Culturess
Interview with Joya Goffney
Created by The Nerd Daily
Interview with Joya Goffney
Created by The Black Book Blog
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jordan Cobb
Created by HarperAudio
Awards & Distinctions 4
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Audiobooks Selection, 2022
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Young Adults Selection, 2021
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