Looking for Alaska
by John Green
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 69,023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 86391, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Death--Fiction
- Schools
- Boarding schools--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Death
- Interpersonal relations
- Young Adult Fiction
- Boarding schools
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2006
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2005
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