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Ways to Make Sunshine

by Renée Watson

Assigned across 1 curriculum list

On reading-award lists:Golden Kite Award

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson is assigned in US schools at grades 3–7. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Ways to Make Sunshine is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

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Grade range
Grades 3–7
Pages
193
Reading time
about 3h 30m (est.)
First published
2020
Genre
Children's
ISBN-13
9781526613738

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About this book

From New York Times-bestselling and multi-award-winning author Renée Watson comes the start of a character-driven, young middle grade series starring a black girl and her relatable and lovable family 'Without ever shying away from difficult topics such as racism and financial hardship, this is a positive, optimistic story. For readers who are going through tough or troubling times, this book will be a welcome dose of happiness' BookTrust Great Books Guide 2021 Ryan Hart and her family live in Portland, Oregon, and her dad lost his job a while ago. He finally got a new one, but it pays less, and he'll have to work nights. And so they're selling the second car and moving to an (old) new house. The Harts are an everyfamily – a family with siblings who bicker, parents who don't always get it r

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Why widely assigned

This Children's title, typically at grades 3–7. Written in the 2020s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

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Common questions

What grade level is Ways to Make Sunshine?
Ways to Make Sunshine is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–7. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
How long does it take to read Ways to Make Sunshine?
It takes about 3h 30m to read Ways to Make Sunshine (193 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 210 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Ways to Make Sunshine?
Ways to Make Sunshine appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Ways to Make Sunshine banned in schools?
Ways to Make Sunshine 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.

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How we classify

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 state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence
Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags
Tagged for: read-aloud.

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