# The Face at the Edge of the World

**Author:** Eve Bunting
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 1985
**Page count:** 158
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780899198002`
**ISBN-10:** `0899198007`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Haunted by the suicide of a gifted young black writer who was his best friend, Jed pursues the reason for it.

## Themes

- suicide
- african americans
- suicide, fiction
- african americans, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1988-1989 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1988-1989 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1988-1989 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1988-1989 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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