What grade level is Gone Wolf?

Gone Wolf is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. 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 Gone Wolf?

It takes about 4h 20m to read Gone Wolf (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 Gone Wolf?

Gone Wolf appears on reading lists for South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is Gone Wolf banned in schools?

Gone Wolf 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.

Gone Wolf

Name: Gone Wolf
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Author: Amber McBride
ISBN: 9781250850485

by Amber McBride

Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state

On reading-award lists:South Carolina Young Adult Book Award

Gone Wolf by Amber McBride is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Gone Wolf is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

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Grade range: Grades 9–12
Pages: 236
Reading time: about 4h 20m (est.)
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781250850485

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About this book

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade novel that has been compared to the work of Jordan Peele and praised as "brilliantly inventive storytelling" by Publishers Weekly. . In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often – he’s pacing and imagining he’s free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too—she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room. In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her t

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Why widely assigned

This Juvenile Fiction title, typically at grades 9–12. Published in the canon; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

Where this book is assigned

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award

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Common questions

What grade level is Gone Wolf?: Gone Wolf is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. 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 Gone Wolf?: It takes about 4h 20m to read Gone Wolf (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 Gone Wolf?: Gone Wolf appears on reading lists for South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Gone Wolf banned in schools?: Gone Wolf 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.

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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 9–12 — 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: Cited in 1 state ELA framework 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.