Morning Girl
by Michael Dorris
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris is assigned in US schools at grades 4–7. 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 Morning Girl 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 4–7
- Pages
- 84
- Reading time
- about 1h 30m (est.)
- First published
- 1992
- ISBN-13
- 9780440833598
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About this book
Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
Where this book is assigned
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- recommended·4th gradesource: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 1993 Scott O'Dell Award
- recommended·5th gradesource: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 1993 Scott O'Dell Award
- recommended·6th gradesource: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 1993 Scott O'Dell Award
- recommended·7th gradesource: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 1993 Scott O'Dell Award
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Common questions
- What grade level is Morning Girl?
- Morning Girl is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 4–7. 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 Morning Girl?
- It takes about 1h 30m to read Morning Girl (84 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 90 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Morning Girl?
- Morning Girl appears on reading lists for Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Morning Girl banned in schools?
- Morning Girl 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 4–7 — 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: award-winner.