Welcome to Scare School
by Jarrett Lerner · Grades K–2 · Early Chapter Book
Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner is on US reading lists at grades k–2. It appears on 1 list: the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 4–8 · Grades K–2 · 73 pages. The button opens the print edition (ISBN 9781665922098). 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 Welcome to Scare School 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 K–2
- Age range
- Ages 4–8
- Pages
- 73
- Reading time
- about 1h 20m (est.)
- First published
- 2024
- Genre
- Early Chapter Book
- ISBN-13
- 9781665922098
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-11; 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 early chapter book title is typically read at grades k–2. Written in the 2020s; cited on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award.
Where this book is recommended
Mississippi Magnolia Book Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Mississippisource: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)
- recommended·1st grade · Mississippisource: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)
- recommended·2nd grade · Mississippisource: Mississippi Library Association / USM — 2026 Magnolia Book Awards nominees (student-choice; PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 divisions)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Welcome to Scare School?
- Welcome to Scare School is listed for grades K–2. 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 Welcome to Scare School?
- It takes about 1h 20m to read Welcome to Scare School (73 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 80 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Welcome to Scare School?
- Welcome to Scare School appears on reading lists for Mississippi Magnolia Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Welcome to Scare School banned in schools?
- Welcome to Scare School 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 K–2 — 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.