Peg Kehret — assigned in US schools

US schools assign 5 books by Peg Kehret across state ELA standards, AP/IB, and Common Core. Each title links to its full curriculum citations — which districts, curricula, and grades reference it.

Books on file
5
Grade span
38

Every Peg Kehret title on file

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Peg Kehret in the US-school canon

Peg Kehret contributes 5 titles to the US-school assigned-reading corpus tracked by ReadingList. Peg Kehret's books are assigned across grades 3 through 8, with Lexile measures spanning varying Lexile bands. Within this canon, Stolen Children and Abduction are Peg Kehret's most-cited titles across state ELA framework documents and AP/IB syllabus audits — they appear on multiple state Department of Education reading lists and in Common Core Appendix B exemplar references.

For parents and teachers researching Peg Kehret for the first time, the practical question is usually grade placement and theme fit. Use the Lexile range (varying Lexile bands) as a first filter: a Lexile measure 100-200L above a student's current reading level is the typical instructional sweet spot for guided classroom reading, while a measure at or below the student's level supports independent reading. Theme fit matters at least as much: Peg Kehret's books pair well with thematic-unit teaching in the cross-references above.

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Common questions

How many books by Peg Kehret do US schools assign?
5 books by Peg Kehret appear in the US-school assigned-reading corpus tracked by ReadingList. Each is cited from a state department of education, AP/IB syllabus, Common Core exemplar list, or peer-reviewed source.
What grades read Peg Kehret in US schools?
Books by Peg Kehret are assigned across grades 3 through 8 in US schools tracked by ReadingList. Specific grade placements are listed on each book's detail page.
Which Peg Kehret book is most widely assigned?
Stolen Children appears earliest in the alphabetical-published index of Peg Kehret's assigned titles in this corpus. For exact citation counts per book, open each title's detail page — it lists every state, grade, and curriculum reference with primary-source links.
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