Cover of A Room on Lorelei Street

A Room on Lorelei Street

by Mary E. Pearson

Assigned across 1 curriculum list

On reading-award lists:Golden Kite Award

A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson is assigned in US schools at grades 4–9. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where A Room on Lorelei Street is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

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Grade range
Grades 4–9
Pages
245
Reading time
about 4h 30m (est.)
First published
2008
Genre
Children's
ISBN-13
9781466804364

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About this book

Zoe's arms prickle. She turns, trying to take it all in. The ache inside returns. It is not for her. It is too much. A real room with real floors and walls. A room for sleeping, and reading and dancing and . . . in her imagination she has pictured the room, but she has never pictured herself in it. Can seventeen-year-old Zoe make it on her own? A room is not much. It is not arms holding you. Not a kiss on the forehead. Not a packed lunch or a remembered birthday. Just a room. But for seventeen-year-old Zoe, struggling to shed the suffocating responsibility of her alcoholic mother and the controlling guilt of her grandmother, a rented room on Lorelei Street is a fierce grab for control of her own future. Zoe rents a small room from Opal Keats, an eccentric old lady who has a difficult past

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Why widely assigned

This Children's title, typically at grades 4–9. Written in the 2000s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

Where this book is assigned

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Common questions

What grade level is A Room on Lorelei Street?
A Room on Lorelei Street is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 4–9. 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 Room on Lorelei Street?
It takes about 4h 30m to read A Room on Lorelei Street (245 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 270 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign A Room on Lorelei Street?
A Room on Lorelei Street appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is A Room on Lorelei Street banned in schools?
A Room on Lorelei Street 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.

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How we classify

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 4–9 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
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
Tagged for: read-aloud.

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