
This School is Driving Me Crazy
by Nat Hentoff · Grades 4–7
This School is Driving Me Crazy by Nat Hentoff is on US reading lists at grades 4–7. It appears on 1 list: the Wisconsin Golden Archer Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
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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 This School is Driving Me Crazy 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
- Age range
- Ages 9–13
- Pages
- 154
- Reading time
- about 2h 50m (est.)
- ISBN-13
- 9780440987024
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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Where this book is recommended
Wisconsin Golden Archer Award
- recommended·4th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1980 Middle winner
- recommended·5th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1980 Middle winner
- recommended·6th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1980 Middle winner
- recommended·7th grade · Wisconsinsource: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 1980 Middle winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is This School is Driving Me Crazy?
- This School is Driving Me Crazy is listed for grades 4–7. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read This School is Driving Me Crazy?
- It takes about 2h 50m to read This School is Driving Me Crazy (154 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 170 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign This School is Driving Me Crazy?
- This School is Driving Me Crazy appears on reading lists for Wisconsin Golden Archer Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is This School is Driving Me Crazy banned in schools?
- This School is Driving Me Crazy 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. See the banned books list by state.
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 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.