# Bruce Coville — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/bruce-coville
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (2)
- courage
- dragons
- drawing
- extraterrestrial beings
- humor
- life on other planets
- life on other planets, fiction
- pets
- school

## Genres

- Science Fiction (2)
- Fantasy

## Every Bruce Coville title on file

- [My Teacher Is an Alien](https://readinglist.school/book/my-teacher-is-an-alien) _(Grades 3–6 · 1989)_
- [Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher](https://readinglist.school/book/jeremy-thatcher-dragon-hatcher) _(Grades 4–6 · 1991)_
- [Aliens Ate My Homework](https://readinglist.school/book/aliens-ate-my-homework) _(Grades 3–8 · 1993)_

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