
The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
by Chad Soon & Amy Maranville · Grades 3–7 · Nonfiction
The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey by Chad Soon & Amy Maranville is on US reading lists at grades 3–7. It appears on 1 list: the Maine Student Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Before you buy: Ages 8–12 · Grades 3–7 · 93 pages. Content notes: racism. The button opens the print edition (ISBN 9781459835054). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
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 Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey 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 3–7
- Age range
- Ages 8–12
- Pages
- 93
- Reading time
- about 1h 40m (est.)
- First published
- 2024
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781459835054
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-09; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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Why it is assigned
This nonfiction title is typically read at grades 3–7. Written in the 2020s; pairs with curriculum units on biography and sports; cited on the Maine Student Book Award.
Themes
biography · sports · perseverance · history
Content notes
racism
Where this book is recommended
Maine Student Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · Mainesource: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)
- recommended·5th grade · Mainesource: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)
- recommended·6th grade · Mainesource: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)
- recommended·7th grade · Mainesource: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)
- recommended·8th grade · Mainesource: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey?
- The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey is listed for grades 3–7. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state, from grade 4 to grade 8. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey?
- It takes about 1h 40m to read The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey (93 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 100 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey?
- The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey appears on reading lists for Maine Student Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey banned in schools?
- The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey 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.
- What themes does The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey explore?
- Central themes in The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey include biography, sports, perseverance, history.
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 3–7 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.