# Books about family, fiction assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/family-fiction
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore family, fiction

- [Joan Lowery Nixon](https://readinglist.school/author/joan-lowery-nixon)
- [Randy Ribay](https://readinglist.school/author/randy-ribay)

## family, fiction canon

- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_
- [House Arrest](https://readinglist.school/book/house-arrest) by K. A. Holt _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Patron Saints of Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/patron-saints-of-nothing) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Stepping Stones](https://readinglist.school/book/stepping-stones) by Lucy Knisley _(Grades 3–5)_

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