Answers in the Pages
by David Levithan
A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2022
Word Count 35,562
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 517225, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION--Books & Libraries
- Prohibited books
- Gay teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Gender identity--Fiction
- Gender identity--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Schools
- Anti-gay discrimination
- Censorship--Juvenile fiction
- Livres prohibés--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Prohibited books--Fiction
- Mères et fils--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Censorship--Fiction
- Prohibited books--Juvenile fiction
- Gay teenagers
- Adolescents homosexuels--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Censorship
- Écoles--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Schools--Fiction
- Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction
- Gender identity
- JUVENILE FICTION--LGBTQ+
- Intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people
- JUVENILE FICTION--School & Education
- Gay characters
- Identité sexuelle--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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