# Books about sex role assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 4–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/sex-role
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore sex role

- [Jerry Spinelli](https://readinglist.school/author/jerry-spinelli)
- [William Shakespeare](https://readinglist.school/author/william-shakespeare)

## sex role canon

- [The Taming of the Shrew](https://readinglist.school/book/the-taming-of-the-shrew) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_
- [The Witch Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/the-witch-boy) by Lee Knox Ostertag _(Grades 4–8)_
- [There's a Girl in My Hammerlock](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-girl-in-my-hammerlock) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 6–8)_

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