# A Light in the Attic

**Author:** Shel Silverstein
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2011
**Page count:** 185
**Genre:** Poetry
**ISBN-13:** `9780060256746`
**ISBN-10:** `0060256745`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-light-in-the-attic
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

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