# Beverly Cleary — books assigned in US schools

**3** books by Beverly Cleary appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 750L–860L
**Grade span:** 2–5
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/beverly-cleary
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- family (2)
- growing up (2)
- school (2)
- adventure
- being misunderstood
- coming of age
- friendship
- humor
- responsibility

## Genres

- Middle Grade Fiction (3)

## Every Beverly Cleary title on file

- [The Mouse and the Motorcycle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mouse-and-the-motorcycle) _(860L · Grades 2–4 · 1965)_
- [Ramona the Pest](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-pest) _(750L · Grades 2–4 · 1968)_
- [Ramona Quimby, Age 8](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-quimby-age-8) _(860L · Grades 3–5 · 1981)_

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