Grasshopper Jungle
by Andrew Smith
27 Total Resources 9 Awards 3 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Humor
- Realistic Fiction
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2014
Word Count 100,976
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 165472, 16 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Family life--Iowa--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- Insects--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction | General
- Humorous stories
- Friendship in adolescence
- Survival--Fiction
- Science fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survi
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction
- Family life
- Survival
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Insects
- Families
- Friendship--Fiction
- Coming of age
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Monsters
- Iowa
- Friendship
- Iowa--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Fiction Books, 11-12
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 9
![Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/97.jpg.pagespeed.ce.6K5ed4nF76.jpg)
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2015
![Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2024](/images/awards/55.jpg.pagespeed.ce.c-oLNqlZR4.jpg)
Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2024
Commended, 2015
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2015
![YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023](/images/awards/154.png.pagespeed.ce.59qnxDbUt8.png)
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2015
![Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024](/images/list_image/2882.jpg)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2014
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2014
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2014
![Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023](/images/awards/147.png.pagespeed.ce.nDFd7JXV8J.png)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2014
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