Black Ships Before Troy
by Rosemary Sutcliff · Grades 6–8 · Historical Fiction
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff is assigned in US schools at grades 6–8. It appears on 1 list: the Common Core State Standards (ELA). Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 11–13 · Grades 6–8 · 128 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9780606345811). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list
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 Black Ships Before Troy 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 6–8
- Age range
- Ages 11–13
- Pages
- 128
- Reading time
- about 2h 20m (est.)
- First published
- 1967
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780606345811
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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Why it is assigned
This historical fiction title is typically read at grades 6–8. Written in the 1960s; pairs with curriculum units on greek mythology and mythology, greek; cited on the Common Core State Standards (ELA).
Themes
greek mythology · mythology, greek · trojan war · mythology
Where this book is assigned
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Common questions
- What grade level is Black Ships Before Troy?
- Black Ships Before Troy is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 6–8. It appears on 1 school reading list. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Black Ships Before Troy?
- It takes about 2h 20m to read Black Ships Before Troy (128 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 140 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Black Ships Before Troy?
- Black Ships Before Troy appears on reading lists for Common Core State Standards (ELA). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Black Ships Before Troy banned in schools?
- Black Ships Before Troy 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. See the banned books list by state.
- What themes does Black Ships Before Troy explore?
- Central themes in Black Ships Before Troy include greek mythology, mythology, greek, trojan war, mythology.
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 6–8 — drawn from the curriculum sources cited on this page.
- 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
- No seasonal or program-specific tags on this book.