Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
by Jamie Gilson · Grades 4–7 · Children's
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson is on US reading lists at grades 4–7. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 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 Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub 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 4–7
- Pages
- 148
- Reading time
- about 2h 45m (est.)
- First published
- 1989
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9780671684273
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
- Land of Enchantment Book Award (source: sites.google.com)
- Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Catalog record
- First published 1989 · 148 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Why it is assigned
This children's title is typically read at grades 4–7. Written in the 1980s; cited on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists.
Where this book is recommended
Land of Enchantment Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1986 winner
- recommended·5th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1986 winner
- recommended·6th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1986 winner
Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
- recommended·4th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1985 Winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1985 Winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1985 Winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1985 Winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub?
- Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub is listed for grades 4–7. It appears on 2 book-award lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub?
- It takes about 2h 45m to read Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub (148 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 165 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub?
- Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub appears on reading lists for Land of Enchantment Book Award, Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub banned in schools?
- Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub 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 4–7 — drawn from the 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 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club, read-aloud.