# 10th grade books about hope

**3** books commonly assigned to 10th grade students in US schools that explore hope. Every title's grade range covers 10th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 10th grade band is 1050–1335L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 2 titles here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 1 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 10th grade  ·  **Theme:** hope
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 10th grade hope reading list

- [Children of Blood and Bone](https://readinglist.school/book/children-of-blood-and-bone) by Tomi Adeyemi _(Grades 5–12 · pub 2018)_
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12 · pub 2016)_
- [The Diary of a Young Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-diary-of-a-young-girl) by Anne Frank _(1080L · Grades 7–10 · pub 1947)_

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