Murray Out of Water
by Taylor Tracy
* A Stonewall Award Honor Book * ALA Notable Book *
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2024
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Life change events--Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Sexual minorities--Juvenile fiction
- Ocean--Fiction
- Magic--Fiction
- Hurricanes--Juvenile fiction
- Sexual minority children--Juvenile fiction
- LGBTQ
- Friendship--Fiction
- Preteens--Juvenile fiction
- Sea stories
- Magic--Juvenile fiction
- LGBTQ+ people--Fiction
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 5

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2025

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2025

Rainbow List: Top Ten LGBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2025
Younger Readers Commended, 2025

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
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