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As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!

by Donna Gephart

Assigned across 1 curriculum list

On reading-award lists:Golden Kite Award

As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart is assigned in US schools at grades 3–8. 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.

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Grade range
Grades 3–8
Pages
242
Reading time
about 4h 25m (est.)
First published
2008
Genre
Children's
ISBN-13
9780375846458

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About this book

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln . . . at one point, they all ran for president. And so is Vanessa Rothrock’s mother! As if being 12 3/4 isn’t bad enough, Vanessa Rothrock’s mother is running for president and it’s ruining her life. Isn’t it enough that her enormous feet trip her up all the time, even on stage during the school spelling bee? Isn’t it enough that Reginald Trumball, love of Vanessa’s pathetic life, read her personal and private list of deficiencies to some boy she doesn’t even know? And that the Boob Fairy hasn’t visited her even once?! Doesn’t Mom realize that Vanessa needs her more than the rest of the country? More importantly, doesn’t she realize that she may be in grave danger? Vanessa's receiving threatening notes at school–notes that imply some psycho ha

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Why widely assigned

This Children's title, typically at grades 3–8. Written in the 2000s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

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What grade level is As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!?
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. 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 As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!?
It takes about 4h 25m to read As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! (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 As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!?
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! banned in schools?
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! 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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Lexile measure
Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band
Grades 3–8 — 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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