# Jane Yolen — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 730L–730L
**Grade span:** K–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/jane-yolen
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- history (2)
- Holocaust
- Jewish identity
- childhood and youth
- fantasy fiction
- memory
- princesses
- remembrance

## Genres

- Children's (2)
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction

## Every Jane Yolen title on file

- [The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-cried-flowers) _(Grades 4–9 · 1974)_
- [Owl Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/owl-moon) _(Grades K–3 · 1987)_
- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) _(730L · Grades 5–8 · 1988)_
- [Girl in a Cage](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-in-a-cage) _(Grades 3–8 · 2002)_
- [Mapping the Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/mapping-the-bones) _(Grades 9–12 · 2018)_

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