# A Door Near Here

**Author:** Heather Quarles
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 1998
**Page count:** 231
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780440227618`
**ISBN-10:** `0440227615`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-door-near-here
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Four siblings struggle to maintain a seminormal home life when their single mother's alcoholism becomes debilitating.

## Themes

- alcoholics
- alcoholism
- brothers and sisters
- divorce

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2001-2002 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2001-2002 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2001-2002 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2001-2002 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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