Stick
by Andrew Smith
Fourteen-year-old Stark McClellan (nicknamed Stick because he's tall and thin)... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2011
Word Count 73,897
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 147617, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Brothers
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Physical & Emotional Abuse
- Abnormalities, Human--Fiction
- Child abuse
- Abnormalities, Human
- Queer people
- LGBTQ people
- Runaways--Fiction
- Child abuse--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Runaways
- Queer people--Fiction
- LGBTQ people--Fiction
- Gay teenagers
- Brothers--Fiction
- Runaway teenagers
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012
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