
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
by Willo Davis Roberts · Grades 4–6 · Juvenile Fiction
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts is on US reading lists at grades 4–6. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 2 states. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Grades 4–6 · 196 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9781534421325). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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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).
This page shows where The Girl with the Silver Eyes 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
- Pages
- 196
- Reading time
- about 3h 35m (est.)
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781534421325
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 (2)
- On award reading lists
- California Young Reader Medal (source: californiayoungreadermedal.org)
- Mark Twain Readers Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Catalog record
- 196 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why it is assigned
This juvenile fiction title is typically read at grades 4–6. Published in the canon; cited on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists.
Where this book is recommended
California Young Reader Medal
- recommended·3rd grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
- recommended·4th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
- recommended·5th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
- recommended·6th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
- recommended·7th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
- recommended·8th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1986 winner (Middle School/Junior High)
Mark Twain Readers Award
- recommended·4th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1983 Mark Twain Award winner
- recommended·5th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1983 Mark Twain Award winner
- recommended·6th grade · Missourisource: Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) — winner list 1972-2025 via Wikipedia — 1983 Mark Twain Award winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Girl with the Silver Eyes?
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes is listed for grades 4–6. It appears on 2 state book-award lists across 2 states, from grade 3 to grade 8. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read The Girl with the Silver Eyes?
- It takes about 3h 35m to read The Girl with the Silver Eyes (196 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 215 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The Girl with the Silver Eyes?
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes appears on reading lists for California Young Reader Medal, Mark Twain Readers Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Girl with the Silver Eyes banned in schools?
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes 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 4–6 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 2 states (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.