
After Ever After
by Jordan Sonnenblick · Grades 5–8
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick is on US reading lists at grades 5–8. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Grades 5–8 · 171 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9780545292788). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 1 state
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 After Ever After 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
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-15; 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)
- Award won
- Schneider Family Book Award, 2011 (source: Wikipedia)
- On award reading lists
- Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Catalog record
- First published 2010 · 171 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Where this book is recommended
Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award
- recommended·5th grade · Oklahomasource: Oklahoma Library Association — Sequoyah Book Award, Children's (gr 3-5) + Intermediate (gr 6-8) divisions (student-choice; since 1959); winner roll 1959-2025
- recommended·6th grade · Oklahomasource: Oklahoma Library Association — Sequoyah Book Award, Children's (gr 3-5) + Intermediate (gr 6-8) divisions (student-choice; since 1959); winner roll 1959-2025
- recommended·7th grade · Oklahomasource: Oklahoma Library Association — Sequoyah Book Award, Children's (gr 3-5) + Intermediate (gr 6-8) divisions (student-choice; since 1959); winner roll 1959-2025
- recommended·8th grade · Oklahomasource: Oklahoma Library Association — Sequoyah Book Award, Children's (gr 3-5) + Intermediate (gr 6-8) divisions (student-choice; since 1959); winner roll 1959-2025
Schneider Family Book Award
- recommended·5th gradesource: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2011 Schneider Family Book Award
- recommended·6th gradesource: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2011 Schneider Family Book Award
- recommended·7th gradesource: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2011 Schneider Family Book Award
- recommended·8th gradesource: Schneider Family Book Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2011 Schneider Family Book Award
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Common questions
- What grade level is After Ever After?
- After Ever After is listed for grades 5–8. It appears on 2 book-award lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read After Ever After?
- It takes about 3h 10m to read After Ever After (171 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 190 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign After Ever After?
- After Ever After appears on reading lists for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Schneider Family Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is After Ever After banned in schools?
- After Ever After 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 5–8 — drawn from the book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, book-club.