The Astonishing Maybe
by Shaunta Grimes
Friendship, heartbreak, and defining what family means are rarely as sensitively,... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 38,387
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 580L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 502940, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Friendship in children
- Family problems--Fiction
- Nevada
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Soon after his family's move to small-town Nevada, rising seventh-grader Gideon befriends an intriguing neighbor, Rooney, who is hiding secrets about her past
- Moving, Household
- Nevada--Fiction
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Neighbors--Fiction
- Family life
- Neighbors
- Family life--Nevada--Fiction
- Family problems
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Families
- Friendship--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Depression & Mental Illness
- Family crises
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