
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
by Fleur Bradley · Grades 3–5 · Realistic Fiction
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley is on US reading lists at grades 3–5. It appears on 1 list: the Sunshine State Young Readers Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 8–10 · Grades 3–5 · 322 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9780593202913). 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 Midnight at the Barclay Hotel 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 3–5
- Age range
- Ages 8–10
- Pages
- 322
- Reading time
- about 5h 55m (est.)
- First published
- 2020
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780593202913
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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Why it is assigned
This realistic fiction title is typically read at grades 3–5. Written in the 2020s; cited on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award.
Where this book is recommended
Sunshine State Young Readers Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2022 winner (grades 3-5)
- recommended·4th grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2022 winner (grades 3-5)
- recommended·5th grade · Floridasource: Sunshine State Young Readers Award past winners, 2022 winner (grades 3-5)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Midnight at the Barclay Hotel?
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel is listed for grades 3–5. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Midnight at the Barclay Hotel?
- It takes about 5h 55m to read Midnight at the Barclay Hotel (322 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 355 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Midnight at the Barclay Hotel?
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel appears on reading lists for Sunshine State Young Readers Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Midnight at the Barclay Hotel banned in schools?
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel 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 3–5 — 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.