The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
by Sid Fleischman · Grades 4–6 · Fantasy
The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman is on US reading lists at grades 4–6. It appears on 3 lists: 3 book-award lists, across 3 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Widely assigned — 3 curriculum lists · 3 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).
This page shows where The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story 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 4–6
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
- Pages
- 147
- Reading time
- about 2h 40m (est.)
- First published
- 2007
- Genre
- Fantasy
- ISBN-13
- 9780688142162
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-24; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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About this book
Book facts and sources (3)
- On award reading lists
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (source: maslmd.org)
- California Young Reader Medal (source: californiayoungreadermedal.org)
- Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (source: library.arkansas.gov)
- Catalog record
- First published 2007 · 147 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why widely assigned
This fantasy title is typically read at grades 4–6. Written in the 2000s; cited on 3 lists: 3 book-award lists.
Where this book is recommended
California Young Reader Medal
- recommended·3rd grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1999 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·4th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1999 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·5th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1999 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·6th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1999 winner (Intermediate)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (grades 4-6)
- recommended·5th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (grades 4-6)
- recommended·6th grade · Arkansassource: Arkansas State Library — Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award past winners, 1998 winner (grades 4-6)
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1998 winner (Grades 4-5)
- recommended·4th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1998 winner (Grades 4-5)
- recommended·5th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1998 winner (Grades 4-5)
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Common questions
- What grade level is The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story?
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story is listed for grades 4–6. It appears on 3 state book-award lists across 3 states, from grade 3 to grade 6. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story?
- It takes about 2h 40m to read The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story (147 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 160 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story?
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story appears on reading lists for California Young Reader Medal, Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story banned in schools?
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story 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. See the banned books list by state.
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 4–6 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 3 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 3 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.