Bitter Melon
by Cara Chow
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 76,814
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 141684, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Schools
- Mothers and daughters
- Child abuse
- High schools--Fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Child abuse--Fiction
- Chinese Americans
- High schools
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- History
- Schools--Fiction
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 1
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Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2012
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