# Natalie Babbitt — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 770L–770L
**Grade span:** 2–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/natalie-babbitt
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- choice
- coming of age
- family secrets
- fantasmes
- fantasy
- fantasy fiction
- messengers
- mortality and immortality
- rural childhood

## Genres

- Fantasy
- Juvenile Fiction
- Middle Grade Fantasy

## Every Natalie Babbitt title on file

- [The Search for Delicious](https://readinglist.school/book/the-search-for-delicious) _(Grades 2–3 · 1969)_
- [Tuck Everlasting](https://readinglist.school/book/tuck-everlasting) _(770L · Grades 4–7 · 1975)_
- [Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel](https://readinglist.school/book/tuck-everlasting-the-graphic-novel) _(Grades 6–8)_

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