Her Stories
by Virginia Hamilton · Grades 4–8 · African American women
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton is on US reading lists at grades 4–8. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists
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 Her Stories 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 4–8
- Pages
- 109
- Reading time
- about 2 hours (est.)
- First published
- 1995
- Genre
- African American women
- ISBN-13
- 9780590617666
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-20; 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 (2)
- Award won
- Coretta Scott King Author Award, 1996 (source: Wikipedia)
- On award reading lists
- Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Catalog record
- First published 1995 · 109 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why it is assigned
This african american women title is typically read at grades 4–8. Written in the 1990s; cited on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists.
Where this book is recommended
Coretta Scott King Author Award
- recommended·4th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Author Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Author Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Author Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Author Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 winner
- recommended·8th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Author Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 winner
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
- recommended·Kindergarten gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
- recommended·1st gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
- recommended·2nd gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
- recommended·4th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
- recommended·5th gradesource: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Honor
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Common questions
- What grade level is Her Stories?
- Her Stories is listed for grades 4–8. It appears on 2 book-award lists, from kindergarten to grade 8. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Her Stories?
- It takes about 2 hours to read Her Stories (109 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 120 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Her Stories?
- Her Stories appears on reading lists for Coretta Scott King Author Award, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Her Stories banned in schools?
- Her Stories 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
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 4–8 — drawn from the book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” 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: award-winner, read-aloud.