# Books about perseverance assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 700L–950L
**Grade span:** 4–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/perseverance
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore perseverance

- [Linda Sue Park](https://readinglist.school/author/linda-sue-park) (2 books)
- [Christopher Paul Curtis](https://readinglist.school/author/christopher-paul-curtis)

## perseverance canon

- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_
- [A Single Shard](https://readinglist.school/book/a-single-shard) by Linda Sue Park _(920L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Dragonwings](https://readinglist.school/book/dragonwings) by Laurence Yep _(870L · Grades 6–8)_
- [The Old Man and the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/the-old-man-and-the-sea) by Ernest Hemingway _(940L · Grades 8–12)_
- [Where the Red Fern Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-red-fern-grows) by Wilson Rawls _(700L · Grades 4–7)_

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