
A Million Ways Home
by Dianna Dorisi-Winget · Grades 4–6
A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi-Winget is on US reading lists at grades 4–6. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 2 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Widely assigned — 4 curriculum lists · 2 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
This page shows where A Million Ways Home is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
Reading level at a glance
- Grade range
- Grades 4–6
- Listed most for
- 6th grade (4 of 12 cited list rows)
- Pages
- 242
- Reading time
- about 4h 25m (est.)
- First published
- 2016
- ISBN-13
- 9781484477274
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-07-07; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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About this book
Book facts and sources (2)
- Awards won
- Catalog record
- First published 2016 · 242 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Where this book is recommended
Mark Twain Readers Award
- recommended·4th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) — Mark Twain Readers Award: Missouri's statewide grades 4-6 children's-choice program (students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1972-2025 per the Mark Twain Award record.
- recommended·5th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) — Mark Twain Readers Award: Missouri's statewide grades 4-6 children's-choice program (students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1972-2025 per the Mark Twain Award record.
- recommended·6th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) — Mark Twain Readers Award: Missouri's statewide grades 4-6 children's-choice program (students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1972-2025 per the Mark Twain Award record.
Mark Twain Readers Award
- recommended·4th grade · Missourisource: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2017
- recommended·5th grade · Missourisource: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2017
- recommended·6th grade · Missourisource: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2017
William Allen White Children's Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award (Emporia State University) — Kansas's statewide children's-choice program (est. 1952; students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1953-2025 per the William Allen White Award record.
- recommended·5th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award (Emporia State University) — Kansas's statewide children's-choice program (est. 1952; students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1953-2025 per the William Allen White Award record.
- recommended·6th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award (Emporia State University) — Kansas's statewide children's-choice program (est. 1952; students read the annual nominees and vote). Winner list 1953-2025 per the William Allen White Award record.
William Allen White Children's Book Award
- recommended·6th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award winners (Emporia State University), via Wikipedia — 2017
- recommended·7th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award winners (Emporia State University), via Wikipedia — 2017
- recommended·8th grade · Kansassource: William Allen White Children's Book Award winners (Emporia State University), via Wikipedia — 2017
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Common questions
- What grade level is A Million Ways Home?
- A Million Ways Home is listed for grades 4–6. It appears on 4 state book-award lists across 2 states, from grade 4 to grade 8. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read A Million Ways Home?
- It takes about 4h 25m to read A Million Ways Home (242 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.
- What curricula assign A Million Ways Home?
- A Million Ways Home appears on reading lists for Mark Twain Readers Award, William Allen White Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is A Million Ways Home banned in schools?
- A Million Ways Home 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.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
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 4–6 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 4 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 2 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, book-club.