The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
by Ashley Herring Blake
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 77,402
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 500433, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Sexual orientation--Fiction
- Heart--Transplantation--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBTQ
- Mothers and daughters
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Friendship
- Heart
- Sexual orientation
- Transplantation
- Friendship--Fiction
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Middle Selection, 2019
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