# A Taste of Honey

**Author:** Shelagh Delaney
**Grade range:** Grades 9–10
**Age range:** 14–15
**First published:** 1959
**Page count:** 87
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780394174808`
**ISBN-10:** `0394174801`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A Taste of Honey tells the story of a working-class adolescent girl and her various relationships: the black sailor who gets her pregnant; the homosexual art student who moves into her apartment to help her through the pregnancy; her fun-loving and saloon-frequenting mother; and Peter, her mothers newly acquired husband.

## Themes

- plays
- drama
- interracial dating
- teenage girls

## Where this book is assigned

### Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Prescribed set text for Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English (0475), Papers 2 and 3 (Drama), for examination in 2027. Transcribed from the official Cambridge International syllabus (721333-2027-syllabus.pdf). Set texts rotate per exam year — re-verify bef](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-igcse-literature-english-0475/)

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