Book
The Stars Beneath Our Feet
- Published
- 2017
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 304
- Words
- 58662
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.4
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 650L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–13
It's Christmas Eve in Harlem, but 12-year-old Lolly and his mom are not celebrating. They are still reeling from his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting a few months earlier. The plot contains profanity, violence, and racial slurs.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781524701246
- ISBN-10
- 1524701246
Tags
ALSC NotablesCommunity Life-NeighborhoodFamily Life-BrothersFamily Life-Death/DyingPeople-ChildrenRealistic FictionSocial Issues-Prejudice & DiscriminationSocial Issues-Violence