Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
by Mariko Tamaki · Grades 8–12
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki is on US reading lists at grades 8–12. It appears on 1 list: the Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA), across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 12–17 · Grades 8–12 · 304 pages. The button opens the print edition (ISBN 9781250312846). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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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).
This page shows where Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me 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 8–12
- Age range
- Ages 12–17
- Pages
- 304
- Reading time
- about 5h 35m (est.)
- ISBN-13
- 9781250312846
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-24; 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
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA)
- recommended·9th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2022 High School winner
- recommended·10th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2022 High School winner
- recommended·11th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2022 High School winner
- recommended·12th grade · Oregonsource: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) official past winners by division — 2022 High School winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me?
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me is listed for grades 8–12. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state, from grade 9 to grade 12. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me?
- It takes about 5h 35m to read Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me (304 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 335 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me?
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me appears on reading lists for Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me banned in schools?
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me 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. See the banned books list by state.
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 8–12 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum 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
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.