
Greetings from Witness Protection!
by Jake Burt
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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).
Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake Burt is assigned in US schools at grades 6–8. 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 Greetings from Witness Protection! 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 6–8
- Age range
- Ages 11–13
- Pages
- 359
- Reading time
- about 6h 35m (est.)
- First published
- 2017
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250107114
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Why widely assigned
This Realistic Fiction title, typically at grades 6–8. Written in the 2010s; pairs with curriculum units on witnesses and protection; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Themes
witnesses · protection · orphans · witness protection programs
Where this book is assigned
Sunshine State Young Readers Award
- recommended·6th grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2020 winner (grades 6-8)
- recommended·7th grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2020 winner (grades 6-8)
- recommended·8th grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2020 winner (grades 6-8)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Greetings from Witness Protection!?
- Greetings from Witness Protection! is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 6–8. 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 Greetings from Witness Protection!?
- It takes about 6h 35m to read Greetings from Witness Protection! (359 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 395 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Greetings from Witness Protection!?
- Greetings from Witness Protection! appears on reading lists for Sunshine State Young Readers Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Greetings from Witness Protection! banned in schools?
- Greetings from Witness Protection! 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 Greetings from Witness Protection! explore?
- Central themes in Greetings from Witness Protection! include witnesses, protection, orphans, witness protection programs. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.
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 6–8 — 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.