Lockdown
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 45,613
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 135792, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile detention homes--Fiction
- Old age--Fiction
- Conduct of life--Fiction
- Juvenile detention homes
- Old age
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Conduct of life
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Self-perception
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile delinquents--Fiction
- Self-perception--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Juvenile delinquents
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Democracy & Civil Liberties, 6-12
- Just Mercy Companions
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About the Author 4
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 2011
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2011
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