Books about family
49 books that US schools assign on this theme
Antigone
Sophocles
Grades 9–12
Blended
Sharon M. Draper
Grades 3–7 · Lexile 610L
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Grades 5–8 · Lexile 990L
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 950L
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Grades 3–7 · Lexile 950L
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)
Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 1–4 · Lexile 510L
Dragonwings
Laurence Yep
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 870L
Fences
August Wilson
Grades 9–12
Flat Stanley
Jeff Brown
Grades 1–3 · Lexile 540L
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Grades 10–12 · Lexile 1070L
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai
Grades 4–8 · Lexile 800L
King Lear
William Shakespeare
Grades 11–12
