# Wilson Rawls — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 700L–700L
**Grade span:** 4–7
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/wilson-rawls
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- family (2)
- perseverance (2)
- animals
- boy-and-dog bond
- coming of age
- grief
- growing up
- nature
- rural self-reliance

## Genres

- Children's Fiction
- Middle Grade Fiction

## Every Wilson Rawls title on file

- [Where the Red Fern Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-red-fern-grows) _(700L · Grades 4–7 · 1961)_
- [Summer of the Monkeys](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-monkeys) _(Grades 4–7 · 1976)_

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