The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
by Isabel Roxas
Assigned across 1 curriculum list
The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens by Isabel Roxas is assigned in US schools at grades 3–8. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens 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 3–8
- First published
- 2021
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9781912497256
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About this book
When oddballs Agnes, Roberta and Ruby discover a shared passion for synchronized swimming, the trio become Team Pom. But between snack time, their favorite TV show, and raising pigeons, it can be hard to find time to practice. “Good book alert! Drew and her daughters love biting into a good book together, and The Adventures of Team Pom is a hilarious series they revisit again and again!” —The Drew Barrymore Show “The ethnically inclusive team and their friendship dynamic is a highlight of this joyfully absurd, pleasingly overstuffed story.” —Publishers Weekly "Will this unusual bunch find the teamwork, practice, and grace needed to become water-dance superstars? Readers will find out for themselves in this page-turning comic book filled with friendship, suspense and lots of charm." —Illust
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Why widely assigned
This Children's title, typically at grades 3–8. Written in the 2020s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
Golden Kite Award
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
- recommended·4th gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
- recommended·8th gradesource: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2023 Winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens?
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
- What curricula assign The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens?
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens banned in schools?
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens 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.
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 3–8 — 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
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: read-aloud.