The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 1939
Word Count 169,481
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 5983, 25 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- California--Fiction
- Fiction | Literary
- Migrant agricultural laborers
- California
- Rural families--Fiction
- Labor camps
- Oklahoma
- Domestic fiction
- Depressions
- Rural families
- Depressions--Fiction
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Fiction
- Oklahoma--Fiction
- Labor camps--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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