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Alice Austen lived here
Author: Gino, Alex

Publisher: Scholastic Press (2022)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 162 p., ill., 21 cm

BTSB No: 380134

ISBN: 9781338733891

Ages: 9-12

Grades: 4-7

Subjects:
Austen, Alice, -- 1866-1952 -- Fiction
Gender identity -- Fiction
Sexual minorities -- Fiction
Monuments -- Fiction
Contests -- Fiction
Middle schools -- Fiction
School stories
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction

Price: $23.08

Summary:
Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum.

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.20
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 520330

Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (06/15/22)
Booklist (+) (03/01/22)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/05/22)
The Hornbook (00/07/22)

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