Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
33 Total Resources 9 Awards 22 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 7,935
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 230L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 507004, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Love--Fiction
- Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- Lesbians--Fiction
- Cartoons and comics
- Conduct of life
- Teenagers
- Love in adolescence
- Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Love
- Adolescence
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Mariko Tamaki “Writing with Voice in Comic Strips”
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Eisner Awards, 2011-2024
Winner, 2020

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Finalist, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2020

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2025
Winner, 2020

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2019
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