1990s books assigned in 9th grade
US schools assign 72 books written in the 1990s to 9th grade students, across 9 states, spanning 670L–690L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 1990s
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Laurie Halse Anderson · on 5 reading lists
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- Titles
- 72
- Written
- 1990–1999
- Lexile range
- 670L–690L
- States assigning
- 9
The list — 1990s, 9th grade
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A Door Near HereHeather Quarles
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and WonderWalter Wick
A Time of TroublesPieter Van Raven
Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping BirdsCynthia Rylant
Armageddon SummerJane Yolen
BadJean Ferris
Blues for an Alabama SkyPearl Cleage
Breaking BoxesA. M. Jenkins
Catherine, Called BirdyKaren Cushman
Chicken Soup for the Teenage SoulJack Canfield
Chuck CloseRobert Storr
Danger ZoneDavid Klass
Daughter of the StarsPhyllis A. Whitney
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. DunphreyMargaret Peterson Haddix
DownriverWill Hobbs
Flight #116 Is Down!Caroline B. Cooney
Franklin Delano RooseveltRussell Freedman
Goldengrove ; UnleavingJill Paton Walsh
Heart of a ChampionCarl Deuker
Hullabaloo in the Guava OrchardKiran Desai
If You Come SoftlyJacqueline Woodson
IronmanChris Crutcher
Jumping the NailEve Bunting
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- Just Like Martin
- Kids at Work
- Make Lemonade
- Martha Graham
- Missing May
- Monster
- Nasty, Stinky Sneakers
- Orphan Train Rider
- Plague Year
- Poppy
- Rewind
- Rules of the Road #1
- Sex Education
- Shadow of the Dragon
- Small Steps
- Sojourner Truth
- Someone Like You
- SOS Titanic
- Speak
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
- Stones in Water
- Tears of A Tiger
- The Bomb
- The Boy's War
- The Boys Start the War
- The China Garden
- The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
- The Face on the Milk Carton
- The Friends
- The Great Little Madison
- The Haunting
- The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark
- The Long Road to Gettysburg
- The Metamorphosis
- The Moorchild
- The Only Alien on the Planet
- The Rain Catchers
- The Silver Kiss
- The Taking of Room 114
- The Top of the World
- The Transall Saga
- The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
- The Wright Brothers
- Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
- Two Suns in the Sky
- We All Fall Down
- Wolf by the Ears
Most-assigned 1990s authors in 9th grade
Russell Freedman (4) · Eve Bunting (3) · Cynthia Rylant (2) · Caroline B. Cooney (2) · Chris Crutcher (2) · Avi (2)
Common questions
- How many 1990s books are assigned in 9th grade?
- 72 books written between 1990 and 1999 appear on 9th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 1990s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 1990s titles assigned in 9th grade run from 670L to 690L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 9 states assign at least one 1990s title at 9th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.