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Bo at Ballard Creek

by Kirkpatrick Hill

Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill is assigned in US schools at grades 3–6. 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 Bo at Ballard Creek is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

Grade range
Grades 3–6
Pages
226
Reading time
about 4h 10m (est.)
First published
2013
ISBN-13
9780805098945
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About this book

An unforgettable story of a little girl growing up in the exhilarating time after the big Alaska gold rushes. Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Bo's family is not the usual, ordinary sort of family, because she didn't get it in the usual, ordinary way. She was headed for a lonely Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by the other miners, the good-time girls, and all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village on the Koyukuk River. Bo learns Eskimo along with English, is involved in the lives of her friends at Ballard Creek ,helps in the cookshack, learns to polka, rides along with Big Annie and her dog team. And there's always some kind of excitement : a bi-plane landing, the first bulldoze

Where this book is assigned

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Common questions

What grade level is Bo at Ballard Creek?
Bo at Ballard Creek is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–6. 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 Bo at Ballard Creek?
It takes about 4h 10m to read Bo at Ballard Creek (226 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 250 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Bo at Ballard Creek?
Bo at Ballard Creek appears on reading lists for Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Bo at Ballard Creek banned in schools?
Bo at Ballard Creek 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

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 3–6 — 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: award-winner.