A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Eggers, Dave
ALA Best Book for Young AdultsBiographies/AutobiographiesWriterDeath & DyingSiblingsParents & Parental Figures
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AR Book Level
6.1
AR Points
21
Word Count
129,921
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
74907 EN
About this book
In this memoir, the author discusses the unrelated deaths of his parents within months of one another, and tells how he came to take responsibility for his eight-year-old brother. The text contains profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence.