# Jack Gantos — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/jack-gantos
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- schools
- single-parent families

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction

## Every Jack Gantos title on file

- [Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key](https://readinglist.school/book/joey-pigza-swallowed-the-key) _(Grades 6–8 · 1998)_
- [Dead End in Norvelt](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-end-in-norvelt) _(Grades 4–7 · 2011)_

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