# Patrick Ness — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–10
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/patrick-ness
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship
- humor
- school

## Genres

- Children's
- Middle Grade Graphic Novel

## Every Patrick Ness title on file

- [The Knife of Never Letting Go](https://readinglist.school/book/the-knife-of-never-letting-go) _(Grades 3–10 · 2009)_
- [Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody](https://readinglist.school/book/chronicles-of-a-lizard-nobody) _(Grades 4–8 · 2024)_

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