# Books about resourcefulness assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 490L–490L
**Grade span:** 2–7
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/resourcefulness
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## resourcefulness canon

- [Nothing Else But Miracles](https://readinglist.school/book/nothing-else-but-miracles) by Kate Albus _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Borrowers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-borrowers) by Mary Norton _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Boxcar Children](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boxcar-children) by Gertrude Chandler Warner _(490L · Grades 2–4)_

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