The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
by Shaun David Hutchinson
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Area
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 66,145
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 506959
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Future life--Fiction
- Funeral homes--Fiction
- Best friends--Fiction
- Best friends
- Undertakers and undertaking--Fiction
- Dead
- Gays
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBT
- Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction | General
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- Future life
- Gays--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Funeral homes
- Dead--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Undertakers and undertaking
- Friendship
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