
Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon · Grades 9–12 · Realistic Fiction
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears on 4 lists: 1 state standards document and 3 book-award lists, across 4 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 14–17 · Grades 9–12 · 336 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9780553496659). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Widely assigned — 4 curriculum lists · 4 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).
This page shows where Everything, Everything 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 9–12
- Listed most for
- 9th grade (4 of 13 cited list rows)
- Age range
- Ages 14–17
- Pages
- 336
- Reading time
- about 6h 10m (est.)
- First published
- 2015
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780553496659
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-10-07; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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About this book
Book facts and sources (4)
- On award reading lists
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (source: maslmd.org)
- Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) (source: oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com)
- Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) (source: pyrcapsla.wixsite.com)
- Named in curriculum frameworks
- Common Core State Standards (ELA) (source: medwaylib.org)
- Catalog record
- First published 2015 · 336 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why widely assigned
This realistic fiction title is typically read at grades 9–12. Written in the 2010s; pairs with curriculum units on chronically ill children and parent and teenager; cited on 4 lists: 1 state standards document and 3 book-award lists.
Themes
chronically ill children · parent and teenager · love · racially mixed people
Where this book is assigned
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·9th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (High School)
- recommended·10th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (High School)
- recommended·11th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (High School)
- recommended·12th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (High School)
Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)
- recommended·9th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2016-2017 winner (YA)
- recommended·10th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2016-2017 winner (YA)
- recommended·11th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2016-2017 winner (YA)
- recommended·12th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2016-2017 winner (YA)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA)
- recommended·9th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2018 High School winner
- recommended·10th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2018 High School winner
- recommended·11th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2018 High School winner
- recommended·12th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2018 High School winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Everything, Everything?
- Everything, Everything is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. It appears on 4 school reading lists across 4 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Everything, Everything?
- It takes about 6h 10m to read Everything, Everything (336 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 370 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Everything, Everything?
- Everything, Everything appears on reading lists for Common Core State Standards (ELA), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania), and 1 others. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Everything, Everything banned in schools?
- Everything, Everything 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 Everything, Everything explore?
- Central themes in Everything, Everything include chronically ill children, parent and teenager, love, racially mixed people.
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 9–12 — drawn from the curriculum sources cited on this page.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 4 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 1 state's ELA framework or DOE list, and on state book-award lists in 3 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club, summer.