The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 1970
Word Count 52,125
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1340L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 36938, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Lists With This Book
- ELA Text Exemplars, 11-12
- Banned and Challenged Books of the 2010s
- Banned Books Week 2021
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