Dream on Amber
by Emma Shevah
Assigned across 1 curriculum list
Dream on Amber by Emma Shevah is assigned in US schools at grades 3–10. 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 Dream on Amber 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 3–10
- Pages
- 236
- Reading time
- about 4h 20m (est.)
- First published
- 2014
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9781925063851
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About this book
Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. As if her name made up for being tiny, half Japanese and half Italian, and starting a new school with a caveman phone. Dream on! But the hardest bit about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little and if he isn’t coming back, she’ll have to sort things out another way. And Amber has a big imagination …
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Why widely assigned
This Children's title, typically at grades 3–10. Written in the 2010s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook)
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·4th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·5th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·6th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·7th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·8th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·9th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
- recommended·10th gradesource: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2017 Honor
Common questions
- What grade level is Dream on Amber?
- Dream on Amber is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–10. 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 Dream on Amber?
- It takes about 4h 20m to read Dream on Amber (236 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 260 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Dream on Amber?
- Dream on Amber appears on reading lists for Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Dream on Amber banned in schools?
- Dream on Amber 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 3–10 — 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.