Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus
by John Grandits
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits is assigned in US schools at grades 3–5. 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 Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus 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 3–5
- Age range
- Ages 8–10
- Pages
- 32
- Reading time
- about 35 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 2011
- Genre
- Humor
- ISBN-13
- 9780547748788
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Why widely assigned
This Humor title, typically at grades 3–5. Written in the 2010s; pairs with curriculum units on humorous stories and brothers; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
humorous stories · brothers · first day of school · school buses
Where this book is assigned
Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards
- recommended·3rd grade · Louisianasource: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards), Grades 3-5 & Grades 6-8 divisions — Louisiana's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-56-83-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winne...
- recommended·4th grade · Louisianasource: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards), Grades 3-5 & Grades 6-8 divisions — Louisiana's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-56-83-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winne...
- recommended·5th grade · Louisianasource: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards), Grades 3-5 & Grades 6-8 divisions — Louisiana's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-56-83-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winne...
Texas Bluebonnet Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Texassource: Texas Library Association — Texas Bluebonnet Award past winners, 2014 winner (grades 3-6)
- recommended·4th grade · Texassource: Texas Library Association — Texas Bluebonnet Award past winners, 2014 winner (grades 3-6)
- recommended·5th grade · Texassource: Texas Library Association — Texas Bluebonnet Award past winners, 2014 winner (grades 3-6)
- recommended·6th grade · Texassource: Texas Library Association — Texas Bluebonnet Award past winners, 2014 winner (grades 3-6)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus?
- Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–5. It appears on 2 school reading lists across 2 states, from grade 3 to grade 6. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus?
- It takes about 35 minutes to read Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus (32 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 35 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus?
- Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus appears on reading lists for Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards, Texas Bluebonnet Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus banned in schools?
- Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus 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 Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus explore?
- Central themes in Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus include humorous stories, brothers, first day of school, school buses.
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 3–5 — 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.