# Christopher Paul Curtis — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 950L–1000L
**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/christopher-paul-curtis
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Curtis
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- family (2)
- civil rights
- coming of age
- depression era
- history
- identity
- perseverance
- race
- racism

## Genres

- Historical Fiction (2)

## Every Christopher Paul Curtis title on file

- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) _(1000L · Grades 5–8 · 1995)_
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) _(950L · Grades 4–7 · 1999)_

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