# Katherine Paterson — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 810L–810L
**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/katherine-paterson
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- class
- family dynamics
- friendship
- grief and loss
- imagination
- rural childhood

## Genres

- Children's Fiction

## Every Katherine Paterson title on file

- [Bridge to Terabithia](https://readinglist.school/book/bridge-to-terabithia) _(810L · Grades 4–6 · 1977)_
- [Jip](https://readinglist.school/book/jip-his-story) _(Grades 5–8 · 1996)_
- [The Great Gilly Hopkins](https://readinglist.school/book/the-great-gilly-hopkins) _(Grades 4–6 · 2009)_

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