The Boy in the Black Suit
by Jason Reynolds
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2015
Word Count 67,181
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 171390, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Funeral homes--Fiction
- Family life--New York (State)--Brooklyn--Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Grief--Fiction
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction
- New York (State)
- Grief in adolescence
- African Americans--Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- African Americans
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Funeral homes
- Families
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Young Adult Fiction
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 30
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jason Reynolds
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2016
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Honor, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2015
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