Ostrich Boys
by Keith Gray
"It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping."
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2010
Word Count 64,795
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 136337, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Death--Fiction
- Scotland
- England
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Death
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Scotland--Fiction
- England--Fiction
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 2

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2011

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2010
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