To Catch a Thief
by Martha Brockenbrough · Grades 4–5
To Catch a Thief by Martha Brockenbrough is on US reading lists at grades 4–5. 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 To Catch a Thief 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
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-19; 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
- Golden Kite Award (source: Wikipedia)
- Georgia Children's Book Award (source: guides.libs.uga.edu)
- Catalog record
- First published 2023 · 205 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Common questions
- What grade level is To Catch a Thief?
- To Catch a Thief is listed for grades 4–5. It appears on 2 book-award lists across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read To Catch a Thief?
- It takes about 3h 45m to read To Catch a Thief (205 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 225 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign To Catch a Thief?
- To Catch a Thief appears on reading lists for Georgia Children's Book Award, Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is To Catch a Thief banned in schools?
- To Catch a Thief 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 4–5 — 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.