# A First Time for Everything

**Author:** Dan Santat
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 322
**ISBN-13:** `9781250322098`
**ISBN-10:** `125032209X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-first-time-for-everything
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Where this book is assigned

### Charlotte Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · New York — [source: New York State Reading Association — Charlotte Award winner (official 'History of NYSRA Charlotte Winners' 1990-2025 PDF, nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards, fetched 2026-07-02)](https://nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New York — [source: New York State Reading Association — Charlotte Award winner (official 'History of NYSRA Charlotte Winners' 1990-2025 PDF, nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards, fetched 2026-07-02)](https://nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · New York — [source: New York State Reading Association — Charlotte Award winner (official 'History of NYSRA Charlotte Winners' 1990-2025 PDF, nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards, fetched 2026-07-02)](https://nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · New York — [source: New York State Reading Association — Charlotte Award winner (official 'History of NYSRA Charlotte Winners' 1990-2025 PDF, nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards, fetched 2026-07-02)](https://nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · New York — [source: New York State Reading Association — Charlotte Award winner (official 'History of NYSRA Charlotte Winners' 1990-2025 PDF, nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards, fetched 2026-07-02)](https://nysreading.org/Charlotte-Awards)

### National Book Award for Young People's Literature

- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2023 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2023 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2023 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2023 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2023 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Young_People%27s_Literature)

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