Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo · Grades 9–12
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo is on US reading lists at grades 9–12. It appears on 2 lists: 1 book-award list and 1 school or library reading list, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 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).
This page shows where Last Night at the Telegraph Club 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
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-08-11; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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Where this book is recommended
Battle of the Books (state reading programs)
- recommended·9th grade · North Carolinasource: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2022-2023 list
- recommended·10th grade · North Carolinasource: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2022-2023 list
- recommended·11th grade · North Carolinasource: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2022-2023 list
- recommended·12th grade · North Carolinasource: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2022-2023 list
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- recommended·9th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2021 winner
- recommended·10th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2021 winner
- recommended·11th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2021 winner
- recommended·12th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2021 winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Last Night at the Telegraph Club?
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club is listed for grades 9–12. It appears on 2 reading-program lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Last Night at the Telegraph Club?
- It takes about 5h 5m to read Last Night at the Telegraph Club (278 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 305 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Last Night at the Telegraph Club?
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club appears on reading lists for Battle of the Books (state reading programs), National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Last Night at the Telegraph Club banned in schools?
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club has documented removals from at least one public-school district in 12 states (AK, FL, IA, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI) per PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. Policies vary by district.
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 9–12 — drawn from the reading-program lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- Documented as challenged or removed in 12 states per PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans — see the full banned & challenged books list.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, book-club.