You Bring the Distant Near
by Mitali Perkins
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Humor
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- South Asian
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2017
Word Count 62,091
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 192420, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Immigrants
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Young Adult Fiction | Humorous | General
- New York
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction
- New York (State)
- Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction
- East Indian Americans
- Family life
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Families
- New York (N.Y.)
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- #OwnVoices for 7-12
- Asian and South Asian Characters
- Across Cultures: AAPI Heritage
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 10
![South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2023](/images/awards/34.jpg)
South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2023
Winner, 2018
![Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024](/images/awards/58.jpg)
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024
Honor, 2018
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2018
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2018
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2017
![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, 2017
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Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2017
![Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023](/images/awards/147.png)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2017
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