Shiloh Season
Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 states
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is assigned in US schools at grades 3–6. It appears across 2 curriculum references and 2 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where Shiloh Season is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
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- Grade range
- Grades 3–6
- Age range
- Ages 8–11
- Pages
- 124
- Reading time
- about 2h 15m (est.)
- First published
- 1996
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780689806476
More formats & details
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About this book
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.
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Why widely assigned
This Realistic Fiction title, typically at grades 3–6. Written in the 1990s; pairs with curriculum units on kindness and dogs; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
kindness · dogs · dogs, fiction · west virginia, fiction
Where this book is assigned
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association)
- recommended·3rd grade · Michigansource: Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) — Michigan's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 2-82-34-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·4th grade · Michigansource: Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) — Michigan's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 2-82-34-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·5th grade · Michigansource: Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) — Michigan's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 2-82-34-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·6th grade · Michigansource: Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) — Michigan's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 2-82-34-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA)
- recommended·3rd grade · Iowasource: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·4th grade · Iowasource: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·5th grade · Iowasource: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
- recommended·6th grade · Iowasource: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.
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Common questions
- What grade level is Shiloh Season?
- Shiloh Season is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–6. 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 Shiloh Season?
- It takes about 2h 15m to read Shiloh Season (124 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 135 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Shiloh Season?
- Shiloh Season appears on reading lists for Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association), Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Shiloh Season banned in schools?
- Shiloh Season 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.
- What themes does Shiloh Season explore?
- Central themes in Shiloh Season include kindness, dogs, dogs, fiction, west virginia, fiction. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.
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 3–6 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 2 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.