
Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps
by Elvira Woodruff · Grades 3–5 · Mystery
Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps by Elvira Woodruff is on US reading lists at grades 3–5. It appears on 1 list: the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
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 Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps 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 3–5
- Age range
- Ages 8–10
- Pages
- 167
- Reading time
- about 3h 5m (est.)
- First published
- 1993
- Genre
- Mystery
- ISBN-13
- 9780440410331
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 mystery title is typically read at grades 3–5. Written in the 1990s; pairs with curriculum units on elective mutism and mutism, elective; cited on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award.
Themes
elective mutism · mutism, elective · mystery and detective stories · selective mutism
Where this book is recommended
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Grades 4-5)
- recommended·4th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Grades 4-5)
- recommended·5th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Grades 4-5)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps?
- Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps is listed for grades 3–5. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps?
- It takes about 3h 5m to read Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps (167 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 185 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps?
- Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps appears on reading lists for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps banned in schools?
- Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps 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 Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps explore?
- Central themes in Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps include elective mutism, mutism, elective, mystery and detective stories, selective mutism.
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 3–5 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.