# Books about family life assigned in US schools

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

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

## Authors who explore family life

- [Jerry Spinelli](https://readinglist.school/author/jerry-spinelli) (2 books)
- [Lois Lowry](https://readinglist.school/author/lois-lowry) (2 books)
- [Ann Cameron](https://readinglist.school/author/ann-cameron)
- [Beverly Cleary](https://readinglist.school/author/beverly-cleary)
- [George Ella Lyon](https://readinglist.school/author/george-ella-lyon)
- [Jacqueline Woodson](https://readinglist.school/author/jacqueline-woodson)
- [Jennifer L. Holm](https://readinglist.school/author/jennifer-l-holm)
- [Linda Sue Park](https://readinglist.school/author/linda-sue-park)

## family life canon

- [101 Ways to Bug Your Parents](https://readinglist.school/book/101-ways-to-bug-your-parents) by Lee Wardlaw _(Grades 4–6)_
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Attaboy, Sam!](https://readinglist.school/book/attaboy-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Backlash](https://readinglist.school/book/backlash) by Sarah Darer Littman _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Fig Pudding](https://readinglist.school/book/fig-pudding) by Ralph J. Fletcher _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Flipped](https://readinglist.school/book/flipped) by Wendelin Van Draanen _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Guji Guji](https://readinglist.school/book/guji-guji) by Chen, Zhiyuan _(Grades K–3)_
- [Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World](https://readinglist.school/book/ida-b-and-her-plans-to-maximize-fun-avoid-disaster-and-save-the-world) by Katherine Hannigan _(Grades 2–8)_
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_
- [One Lucky Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/one-lucky-girl) by George Ella Lyon _(Grades K–2)_
- [Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/pie) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Poor Louie](https://readinglist.school/book/poor-louie) by Tony Fucile _(Grades K–3)_
- [Project Mulberry](https://readinglist.school/book/project-mulberry) by Linda Sue Park _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Room](https://readinglist.school/book/room) by Emma Donoghue _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Saving Zasha](https://readinglist.school/book/saving-zasha) by Randi G. Barrow _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Shadow of the Dragon](https://readinglist.school/book/shadow-of-the-dragon) by Sherry Garland _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Striped Ice Cream](https://readinglist.school/book/striped-ice-cream) by Joan M. Lexau _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Fourteenth Goldfish](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fourteenth-goldfish) by Jennifer L. Holm _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Headless Cupid](https://readinglist.school/book/the-headless-cupid) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Stories Julian Tells](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stories-julian-tells) by Ann Cameron _(Grades 2–3)_

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