# Vivian Vande Velde — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 6–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/vivian-vande-velde
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- brothers and sisters
- ghosts
- novela juvenil
- realidad virtual
- science fiction
- slavery
- underground railroad
- virtual reality

## Genres

- Horror
- Science Fiction

## Every Vivian Vande Velde title on file

- [There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-dead-person-following-my-sister-around) _(Grades 6–8 · 1999)_
- [Heir Apparent](https://readinglist.school/book/heir-apparent) _(Grades 6–8 · 2002)_

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