# Patricia MacLachlan — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 660L–660L
**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/patricia-maclachlan
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- family
- loss
- new beginnings
- prairie life

## Genres

- Children's
- Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)

## Every Patricia MacLachlan title on file

- [Sarah, Plain and Tall](https://readinglist.school/book/sarah-plain-and-tall) _(660L · Grades 3–5 · 1985)_
- [Arthur, For the Very First Time](https://readinglist.school/book/arthur-for-the-very-first-time) _(Grades 4–9 · 2013)_

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