A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is assigned in US schools at grades 8–12. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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About this book
Shakespeare's comedy tangles four Athenian lovers, a troupe of amateur actors, and a quarreling fairy king and queen in an enchanted forest where a mischievous sprite's love potion sends everything awry. By morning, order and pairings are restored. One of the most-taught Shakespeare plays in grades 8-12 for its accessibility, humor, and play-within-a-play structure.
Why widely assigned
This Drama title, typically at grades 8–12. Written in the 1600s; pairs with curriculum units on love and illusion and reality.
Themes
love · illusion and reality · marriage and class · the supernatural
Where this book is assigned
No curriculum assignments on file yet.
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Common questions
- What grade level is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
- A Midsummer Night's Dream is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 8–12. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
- How long does it take to read A Midsummer Night's Dream?
- It takes about 4h 25m to read A Midsummer Night's Dream (240 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 265 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- Is A Midsummer Night's Dream banned in schools?
- A Midsummer Night's Dream does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does A Midsummer Night's Dream explore?
- Central themes in A Midsummer Night's Dream include love, illusion and reality, marriage and class, the supernatural. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.
Why this book is on this list
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 8–12 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Not yet documented in any tracked curriculum.
- State-level evidence
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- No seasonal or program-specific tags on this book.