Leon's Story
by Leon Walter Tillage
Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage is assigned in US schools at grades 4–10. 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 Leon's Story 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 4–10
- Pages
- 116
- Reading time
- about 2h 10m (est.)
- First published
- 2002
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9780439402026
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About this book
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
Why widely assigned
This Children's title, typically at grades 4–10. Written in the 2000s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
- recommended·4th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·8th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·9th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·10th gradesource: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Leon's Story?
- Leon's Story is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 4–10. 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 Leon's Story?
- It takes about 2h 10m to read Leon's Story (116 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 130 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Leon's Story?
- Leon's Story appears on reading lists for Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Leon's Story banned in schools?
- Leon's Story 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 4–10 — 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: read-aloud.