Not So Pure and Simple
by Lamar Giles
35 Total Resources 3 Awards 14 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Mystery
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Men / Boys
- African American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 87,756
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 508904, 13 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Subject Headings
- Dating (Social customs)
- Virginia--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Family life--Virginia--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Schools
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Dating (Social customs)--Fiction
- Christian life--Fiction
- Virginia
- Christian life
- Family life
- High schools
- African Americans--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men
- African Americans
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Lamar Giles about Not So Pure and Simple
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lamar Giles
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Lamar Giles
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Korey Jackson
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Korey Jackson
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 3
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2024
Fiction Winner, 2021
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2020
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