What grade level is Closed for the Season?

Closed for the Season is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. It appears on 2 school reading lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.

What curricula assign Closed for the Season?

Closed for the Season appears on reading lists for Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nebraska Golden Sower Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is Closed for the Season banned in schools?

Closed for the Season 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 Closed for the Season explore?

Central themes in Closed for the Season include neighbors, murder, friendship, mystery and detective stories.

Closed for the Season

Name: Closed for the Season
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
ISBN: 9780547084510

by Mary Downing Hahn

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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 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).

On reading-award lists:Nebraska Golden Sower Award Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award

Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn is assigned in US schools at grades 3–8. It appears across 2 curriculum references and 2 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Closed for the Season 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 3–8
Age range: Ages 8–13
First published: 2009
Genre: Mystery
ISBN-13: 9780547084510

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Why widely assigned

This Mystery title, typically at grades 3–8. Written in the 2000s; pairs with curriculum units on neighbors and murder; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.

Themes

neighbors · murder · friendship · mystery and detective stories

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What grade level is Closed for the Season?: Closed for the Season is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. It appears on 2 school reading lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
What curricula assign Closed for the Season?: Closed for the Season appears on reading lists for Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nebraska Golden Sower Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Closed for the Season banned in schools?: Closed for the Season 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 Closed for the Season explore?: Central themes in Closed for the Season include neighbors, murder, friendship, mystery and detective stories.

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How we classify

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 3–8 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment: Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence: Cited in 2 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
Removal / banning records: No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags: Tagged for: book-club.