# The Color of a Lie

**Author:** Kim Johnson
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 337
**ISBN-13:** `9780593118825`
**ISBN-10:** `0593118820`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-of-a-lie
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Where this book is assigned

### Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Scott O'Dell Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Dell_Award_for_Historical_Fiction)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Scott O'Dell Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Dell_Award_for_Historical_Fiction)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Scott O'Dell Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Dell_Award_for_Historical_Fiction)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Scott O'Dell Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Dell_Award_for_Historical_Fiction)

## Banned / challenged record

Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 1 state: TX. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024.

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