All the Lovely Bad Ones
by Mary Downing Hahn · Grades 5–8 · Horror
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn is on US reading lists at grades 5–8. It appears on 4 lists: 4 book-award lists, across 4 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Widely assigned — 4 curriculum lists · 4 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 All the Lovely Bad Ones 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 5–8
- Listed most for
- 5th grade (4 of 14 cited list rows)
- Age range
- Ages 10–14
- First published
- 2009
- Genre
- Horror
- ISBN-13
- 9780545223843
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-24; 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 (4)
- On award reading lists
- South Carolina Children's Book Award (source: scasl.net)
- Virginia Readers' Choice (source: vslatoday.org)
- Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (source: rebeccacaudill.org)
- Catalog record
- First published 2009 (source: how we source book data)
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Why widely assigned
This horror title is typically read at grades 5–8. Written in the 2000s; pairs with curriculum units on ghosts and family; cited on 4 lists: 4 book-award lists.
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
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
- recommended·5th grade · Illinoissource: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award — official winners list (Illinois grades 4-8, voted annually since 1988)
- recommended·6th grade · Illinoissource: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award — official winners list (Illinois grades 4-8, voted annually since 1988)
- recommended·7th grade · Illinoissource: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award — official winners list (Illinois grades 4-8, voted annually since 1988)
- recommended·8th grade · Illinoissource: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award — official winners list (Illinois grades 4-8, voted annually since 1988)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
- recommended·3rd grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 2011 winner
- recommended·4th grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 2011 winner
- recommended·5th grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 2011 winner
Virginia Readers' Choice
- recommended·3rd grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2011-2012 winner (Elementary)
- recommended·4th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2011-2012 winner (Elementary)
- recommended·5th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2011-2012 winner (Elementary)
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Common questions
- What grade level is All the Lovely Bad Ones?
- All the Lovely Bad Ones is listed for grades 5–8. It appears on 4 state book-award lists across 4 states, from grade 3 to grade 8. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- What curricula assign All the Lovely Bad Ones?
- All the Lovely Bad Ones appears on reading lists for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, South Carolina Children's Book Award, and 1 others. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is All the Lovely Bad Ones banned in schools?
- All the Lovely Bad Ones 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 All the Lovely Bad Ones explore?
- Central themes in All the Lovely Bad Ones include ghosts, family, mystery.
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 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 4 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.