Goodbye Stranger
by Rebecca Stead
31 Total Resources 8 Awards 18 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2015
Word Count 53,669
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175459, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Best friends--Fiction
- Schools
- Best friends
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Middle schools--Fiction
- Friendship in adolescence
- New York
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction
- New York (State)
- Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction
- Middle schools
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Family life
- Schools--Fiction
- Families
- Friendship--Fiction
- New York (N.Y.)
- Friendship
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- Privacy Between the Pages
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Rebecca Stead
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1

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Vocabulary Resources 1

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Awards & Distinctions 8

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2015; Audiobooks Selection, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015
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