# Ironman

**Author:** Chris Crutcher
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 1995
**Page count:** 279
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780688135034`
**ISBN-10:** `068813503X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/ironman
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- fathers and sons
- fathers and sons in fiction
- interpersonal relations
- interpersonal relations in fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### California Young Reader Medal

- **recommended** · 9th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1998 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1998 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1998 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1998 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf)

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