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Kid Power

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state

Kid Power by Susan Beth Pfeffer is assigned in US schools at grades 4–8. 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 Kid Power 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 4–8
Pages
104
Reading time
about 1h 55m (est.)
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9781497682894
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About this book

Winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and the Sequoyah Children's Book Award: To save money for a bike, a young girl becomes a business tycoon Janie is desperate for a new bike, but her parents won't buy her one unless she can pay for half of it herself. She's too young to babysit and it's too late to get a paper route, so Janie decides to open her own business. She calls it Kid Power and promises her customers that there is no problem too big or too small for her to handle—but this budding entrepreneur will soon find that running a company isn't as easy as it looks. As Janie begins walking dogs, feeding cats, cleaning gutters, and pulling weeds, she gets closer and closer to her bike. But as Kid Power grows bigger than Janie can handle, she learns that there are some problems money

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Why widely assigned

This Juvenile Fiction title, typically at grades 4–8. Published in the canon; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

Where this book is assigned

Common questions

What grade level is Kid Power?
Kid Power is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 4–8. 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 Kid Power?
It takes about 1h 55m to read Kid Power (104 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 115 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Kid Power?
Kid Power appears on reading lists for Vermont Golden Dome Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Kid Power banned in schools?
Kid Power 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 4–8 — 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.
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