# Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

**Author:** Judy Blume
**Lexile:** 470L
**Grade range:** Grades 2–5
**Age range:** 7–11
**First published:** 1972
**Page count:** 128
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780142408810`
**ISBN-10:** `0142408816`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/tales-of-a-fourth-grade-nothing
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Nine-year-old Peter Hatcher navigates the chaos caused by his two-year-old brother Fudge. Blume's first Fudge novel launched a long-running series read routinely in 2nd-4th grade.

## Themes

- siblings
- family
- everyday life
- growing up

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 4-5 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

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