House of Purple Cedar
by Tim Tingle
House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where House of Purple Cedar 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 9–12
- Pages
- 338
- Reading time
- about 6h 10m (est.)
- First published
- 2014
- Genre
- Young Adult
- ISBN-13
- 9781935955252
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About this book
“The hour has come to speak of troubled times. It is time we spoke of Skullyville.” Thus begins the House of Purple Cedar, Rose Goode’s telling of the year when she was eleven in Indian country, Oklahoma. The Indian schools boys and girls had been burned, stores too. By the time the railroad came, all of Skullyville had been burned.
Why widely assigned
This Young Adult title, typically at grades 9–12. Written in the 2010s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
American Indian Youth Literature Award
- recommended·9th gradesource: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2016 AILA Winner (Young Adult)
- recommended·10th gradesource: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2016 AILA Winner (Young Adult)
- recommended·11th gradesource: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2016 AILA Winner (Young Adult)
- recommended·12th gradesource: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2016 AILA Winner (Young Adult)
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Common questions
- What grade level is House of Purple Cedar?
- House of Purple Cedar 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 House of Purple Cedar?
- It takes about 6h 10m to read House of Purple Cedar (338 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 House of Purple Cedar?
- House of Purple Cedar appears on reading lists for American Indian Youth Literature Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is House of Purple Cedar banned in schools?
- House of Purple Cedar 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
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
- 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.