The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Asian American
Year Published 2003
Word Count 103,070
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 77440, 18 AR Points
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- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young men--Fiction
- Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction
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