Books from the 1980s
26 titles written between 1980 and 1989 assigned in US schools
Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner
Grades 3–5 · Lexile 550L
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Beverly Cleary
Grades 3–5 · Lexile 860L
The Cybil War
Betsy Byars
Grades 3–6
The BFG
Roald Dahl
Grades 3–6 · Lexile 720L
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Grades 9–12 · Lexile 670L
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Beverly Cleary
Grades 4–6
The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright
Grades 4–7
The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare
Grades 4–7
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Grades 7–10 · Lexile 870L
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Grades 6–10 · Lexile 780L
Fences
August Wilson
Grades 9–12
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Numeroff
Grades K–3 · Lexile 410L
