What grade level is Not an Easy Win?

Not an Easy Win is listed for grades 6–8. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.

What curricula assign Not an Easy Win?

Not an Easy Win appears on reading lists for Georgia Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is Not an Easy Win banned in schools?

Not an Easy Win 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.

Not an Easy Win

Name: Not an Easy Win
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Author: Chrystal Giles
ISBN: 9781536492248

by Chrystal Giles · Grades 6–8

Not an Easy Win by Chrystal Giles is on US reading lists at grades 6–8. It appears on 1 list: the Georgia Children's Book 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).

On reading-award lists:Georgia Children's Book Award

This page shows where Not an Easy Win 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 6–8
First published: 2024
ISBN-13: 9781536492248

Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-09; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.

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Common questions

What grade level is Not an Easy Win?: Not an Easy Win is listed for grades 6–8. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
What curricula assign Not an Easy Win?: Not an Easy Win appears on reading lists for Georgia Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Not an Easy Win banned in schools?: Not an Easy Win 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.

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How we classify

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 6–8 — 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.