He Forgot to Say Goodbye
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2008
Word Count 85,619
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 480L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 123406, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- El Paso (Tex.)
- Fathers
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
- Family problems--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Fathers--Fiction
- Emotional problems
- Family problems
- El Paso (Tex.)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Emotional problems--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Friends and Frenemies in YA: Hispanic
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2009
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2024
Winner, 2009
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