Kids of Appetite
by David Arnold
"A gorgeous, insightful, big-hearted joy of a book." --Nicola Yoon, #1 New... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Disability
Year Published 2016
Word Count 78,206
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 184171
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dy
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- Voyages and travels--Fiction
- Love--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescenc
- Facial paralysis--Fiction
- Congolese (Democratic Republic)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence
- Love stories
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Congolese (Democratic Republic)--United States--Fiction
- Facial paralysis
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying
- Love
- Voyages and travels
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Death--FIction
- Death
- United States
- Friendship--Fiction
- People with disabilities
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction
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- Niles High School Books
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Young Adults Selection, 2016
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