# Elizabeth George Speare — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 850L–850L
**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/elizabeth-george-speare
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- colonial Puritan society
- coming of age
- friendship
- prejudice
- tolerance

## Genres

- Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)

## Every Elizabeth George Speare title on file

- [The Witch of Blackbird Pond](https://readinglist.school/book/the-witch-of-blackbird-pond) _(850L · Grades 5–8 · 1958)_
- [The Sign of the Beaver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sign-of-the-beaver) _(Grades 4–7 · 1983)_

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