# The Lifters

**Author:** Dave Eggers
**Grade range:** Grades 3–8
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 2018
**Page count:** 352
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9783733504892`
**ISBN-10:** `1536454796`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-lifters
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana? What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders?

## Themes

- detective and mystery stories
- underground areas
- magic
- friendship

## Where this book is assigned

### Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)

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