What grade level is Something Like Home?

Something Like Home is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 6–8. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.

What curricula assign Something Like Home?

Something Like Home appears on reading lists for Virginia Readers' Choice. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.

Is Something Like Home banned in schools?

Something Like Home 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 Something Like Home explore?

Central themes in Something Like Home include family, identity, perseverance. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.

Something Like Home

Name: Something Like Home
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Author: Andrea Beatriz Arango
ISBN: 9780593566183

by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango is assigned in US schools at grades 6–8. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Something Like Home 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 6–8
Age range: Ages 11–14
First published: 2023
Genre: Verse Novel
ISBN-13: 9780593566183

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About this book

A Pura Belpré Honor novel-in-verse: placed with an aunt she barely knows, a lonely girl rescues a stray dog and slowly finds her way back toward family and belonging. Andrea Beatriz Arango's grades 6-8 verse novel is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice (Middle School) nominee.

Why widely assigned

This Verse Novel title, typically at grades 6–8. Written in the 2020s; pairs with curriculum units on family and identity; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

Themes

family · identity · perseverance

Where this book is assigned

Virginia Readers' Choice

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Common questions

What grade level is Something Like Home?: Something Like Home is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 6–8. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
What curricula assign Something Like Home?: Something Like Home appears on reading lists for Virginia Readers' Choice. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Something Like Home banned in schools?: Something Like Home 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 Something Like Home explore?: Central themes in Something Like Home include family, identity, perseverance. These themes match how the book is discussed in most curriculum guides and AP Literature prompts.

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 6–8 — 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: Cited in 1 state ELA framework 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.