Mary, Bloody Mary
by Carolyn Meyer · Grades 6–9 · Children's
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer is on US reading lists at grades 6–9. It appears on 1 list: the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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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 Mary, Bloody Mary 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 6–9
- Pages
- 244
- Reading time
- about 4h 30m (est.)
- First published
- 2001
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9780152164560
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-27; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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Why it is assigned
This children's title is typically read at grades 6–9. Written in the 2000s; cited on the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award.
Where this book is recommended
Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
- recommended·6th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2002 Winner
- recommended·6th grade · Washingtonsource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)
- recommended·7th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2002 Winner
- recommended·7th grade · Washingtonsource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)
- recommended·8th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2002 Winner
- recommended·8th grade · Washingtonsource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)
- recommended·9th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2002 Winner
- recommended·9th grade · Washingtonsource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award (the oldest children's-choice book award in North America, since 1940; students across the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, read the nominees and vote for their favorites)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Mary, Bloody Mary?
- Mary, Bloody Mary is listed for grades 6–9. It appears on 1 book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Mary, Bloody Mary?
- It takes about 4h 30m to read Mary, Bloody Mary (244 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 270 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Mary, Bloody Mary?
- Mary, Bloody Mary appears on reading lists for Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Mary, Bloody Mary banned in schools?
- Mary, Bloody Mary 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
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 6–9 — drawn from the 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, read-aloud.