The Astonishing Color of After
by Emily X.R. Pan
A stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Asian
- Asian American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 101,576
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193765, 15.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Grief in children
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Artists--Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Secrets--Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Secrecy
- Americans--Taiwan--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Depression
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Racially mixed children
- Supernatural
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Grief
- Suicide--Fiction
- Taiwan
- Grandparents--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Taiwan--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Mental Illness
- Grandparents
- Artists
- Americans
- Paranormal fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Magical Realism
- Supernatural--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Suicide
- Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Suicide
- Young Adult Fiction
- Secrets
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
- Lists With This Book
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Emily X.R. Pan about The Astonishing Color of After
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 10
Meet-the-Author Recording with Emily X.R. Pan
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 2
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Awards & Distinctions 7
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2021
Finalist, 2019
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2022
Honor, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Young Adults Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2018
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2021
Winner, 2018
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