# Books about divorce assigned in US schools

**6** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _divorce_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/divorce
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## Authors who explore divorce

- [Beverly Cleary](https://readinglist.school/author/beverly-cleary)
- [Carl Deuker](https://readinglist.school/author/carl-deuker)
- [Eve Bunting](https://readinglist.school/author/eve-bunting)

## divorce canon

- [A Door Near Here](https://readinglist.school/book/a-door-near-here) by Heather Quarles _(Grades 9–12)_
- [A Handful of Dust](https://readinglist.school/book/a-handful-of-dust) by Evelyn Waugh _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Strider](https://readinglist.school/book/strider) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Summer of Riley](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-riley) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Thing About Leftovers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thing-about-leftovers) by C.C. Payne _(Grades 4–7)_

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