Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Peña • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2008
Word Count 65,712
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 124044, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction
- Cousins--Fiction
- Fathers and sons--Fiction
- National City (Calif.)
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Identity
- Fathers and sons
- Racially mixed people
- National City (Calif.)--Fiction
- Cousins
- Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction
- National City (Calif.)--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
- Self-acceptance
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Identity--Fiction
- Baseball
- Self-acceptance--Fiction
- Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Cousins--Juvenile fiction
- Baseball--Fiction
- Baseball stories
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2009
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