Awards and Honors2019 Iowa High School Book Award Winner
2019 Oregon Reader's Choice Awards Nominee
2018-2019 SC Young Adult Book Award Winner
2018-2019 MO Gateway Award Winner
2017-2018 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Winner, Young Adult Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Romance
National Book Awards: Young People’s Literature, 2016 Finalist Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016, Young Adult The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016, Young Adult
New York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Fiction
Goodreads Choice Awards 2016, Young Adult Fiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016, Teen Booklist 2016 Editors’ Choice, Books for Youth, Older Readers, Fiction Shelf Awareness 2016 Best Books of the Year, Teen Novels
YALSA 2017 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults BCCB 2016 Blue Ribbons, Fiction
Los Angeles Public Library, Best of 2016: Teen Books
Indies Choice Book Awards 2017 Book of the Year Finalist, Young Adult
Kids’ Indie Next List Preview, Winter 2016–2017, Top 10
2017 Capitol Choices, Fourteen and Up
CSMCL Best Multicultural Books of 2016
BuzzFeed Best YA Books of 2016 Booklist Carte Blanche: Columnist’s Choice 2016
2017 Walter Dean Myers Award, Honor Book
Topics Emotions and feelings. Undocumented immigrants. Deportation. Family. Romance. New York City. Jamaican Americans. Korean Americans.
SRC Level 4.700000
SRC Points 17.000000
Lexile 650L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-10-31
JLG Release Date Mar 2017
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
City Life High (Grades9 & Up)
City Life High
City Life High (Grades9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
Teen readers looking for realistic city settings and urban themes will enjoy these often-gritty titles that deal with contemporary situations and feature ethnically and culturally diverse characters. These titles will have special appeal for urban teens who want to see their own lives reflected in the books they read. Readers interested in the excitement and challenges of a city setting will also be drawn to the 12 books that comprise this category.