# Kate DiCamillo — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 610L–670L
**Grade span:** 3–6
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/kate-dicamillo
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_DiCamillo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- courage
- fairy-tale form
- forgiveness
- friendship
- light vs dark
- loss
- mother absence
- second chances
- small-town community
- underdog narrative

## Genres

- Middle Grade Fantasy
- Middle Grade Fiction

## Every Kate DiCamillo title on file

- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) _(610L · Grades 3–5 · 2000)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) _(670L · Grades 3–6 · 2003)_

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