# Pam Muñoz Ryan — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 680L–750L
**Grade span:** 4–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/pam-mu-oz-ryan
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- Great Depression
- Mexican-American immigration
- bilingual identity
- class change
- courage
- family
- labor history
- music
- resilience
- war

## Genres

- Historical Fiction
- Middle Grade Historical Fiction

## Every Pam Muñoz Ryan title on file

- [Esperanza Rising](https://readinglist.school/book/esperanza-rising) _(750L · Grades 4–7 · 2000)_
- [The Dreamer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dreamer) _(Grades 4–7 · 2010)_
- [Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/becoming-naomi-leon) _(Grades 4–7 · 2012)_
- [Echo](https://readinglist.school/book/echo) _(680L · Grades 5–8 · 2015)_

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