Kareem Between
Kareem Between
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Kareem Between

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8 - 12
Reading age
336
Page count
68
Words per page
~731L
Lexile measure
Sep 10, 2024
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This award-winning, heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh-grade Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school. “The exact type of book I would’ve loved, and needed, as a kid.” –Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient for Other Words for Home Seventh grade begins, and Kareem’s already fumbled it. His best friend moved away, he messed up his tryout for the football team, and because of his heritage, he was voluntold to show the new kid–a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent–around school. Just when Kareem thinks his middle school life has imploded, the hotshot QB promises to get Kareem another tryout for the squad. There’s a catch: to secure that chance, Kareem must do something he knows is wrong. Then, like a surprise blitz, Kareem’s mom returns to Syria to help her family but can’t make it back home. If Kareem could throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his school and home life, it would be for unnecessary roughness. Kareem is stuck between. Between countries. Between friends, between football, between parents–and between right and wrong. It’s up to him to step up, find his confidence, and navigate the beauty and hope found somewhere in the middle. Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Global Read Aloud Selection School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers PEOPLE Magazine Best Kids Book Junior Library Guild Selection Texas Lone Star Reading List selection Common Sense Media Selection for Families Cybils Novel in Verse Award Winner Jane Addams Children Book Award Finalist** ILA Notable Book for a Global Society

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780593699263
    Publication Date
    September 10, 2024
    Original Publication Date
    September 10, 2024
    Page Count
    336
    Words Per Page
    68
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2024012612
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~731L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    3
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    552254
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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