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Your Place in the Universe

by Jason Chin

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).

On reading-award lists:Blue Hen Book Award (Delaware Library Association, Youth Services Division) — Middle Readers division

Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin is assigned in US schools at grades 3–8. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Your Place in the Universe 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 3–8
Age range
Ages 8–13
First published
2020
Genre
Nonfiction
ISBN-13
9780823446230

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About this book

Explore the known Universe and consider its mind-boggling scale in this crisply illustrated, well-researched picture book from Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin. Winner of the Cook Prize! Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt. Everest? To stars, galaxy clusters, and . . .

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Why widely assigned

This Nonfiction title, typically at grades 3–8. Written in the 2020s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

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Common questions

What grade level is Your Place in the Universe?
Your Place in the Universe is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–8. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
What curricula assign Your Place in the Universe?
Your Place in the Universe appears on reading lists for Blue Hen Book Award (Delaware Library Association, Youth Services Division) — Middle Readers division. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Your Place in the Universe banned in schools?
Your Place in the Universe 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 3–8 — 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
Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags
Tagged for: book-club.

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