# Rita Williams-Garcia — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 750L–750L
**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/rita-williams-garcia
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- bereavement
- civil rights
- death
- family
- grandfathers
- grandparent and child
- mother-daughter relationship
- race

## Genres

- Children's
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Rita Williams-Garcia title on file

- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) _(750L · Grades 5–8 · 2010)_
- [P.S. Be Eleven](https://readinglist.school/book/ps-be-eleven) _(Grades 5–8 · 2015)_
- [Clayton Byrd Goes Underground](https://readinglist.school/book/clayton-byrd-goes-underground) _(Grades 3–5 · 2017)_
- [Gaither Sisters Trilogy Collection](https://readinglist.school/book/gone-crazy-in-alabama) _(Grades 5–8 · 2018)_
- [A Sitting in St. James](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sitting-in-st-james) _(Grades 4–9 · 2021)_

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