Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2015
Word Count 37,312
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1090L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 182043, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African-Americans
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relati
- Social Science | Discrimination & Racism
- Whites--United States--Attitudes
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- History | United States | General
- Whites
- Race discrimination
- Race discrimination--United States
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / United States / General
- African Americans--Social conditions
- African Americans--Public opinion
- United States
- Social conditions
- United States--Race relations
- Biography / Autobiography
- Public opinion
- Race relations
- Attitudes
- Lists With This Book
- #BlackLivesMatter Reads - Teens
- Power of Peace
- Black History
- Deeper Than Our Skins
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 5
Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Book Readings 4
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 3
Alex Awards, 1998-2024
Winner, 2016
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2016
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