Eat Your Heart Out
by Kelly deVos
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where Eat Your Heart Out is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades 9–12
- Age range
- Ages 14–17
- Pages
- 352
- Reading time
- about 6h 25m (est.)
- First published
- 2021
- Genre
- Mystery
- ISBN-13
- 9780593204825
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Why widely assigned
This Mystery title, typically at grades 9–12. Written in the 2020s; pairs with curriculum units on horror and zombies; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Themes
horror · zombies · paranormal · thriller
Where this book is assigned
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·9th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2024 winner (High School)
- recommended·10th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2024 winner (High School)
- recommended·11th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2024 winner (High School)
- recommended·12th grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2024 winner (High School)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Eat Your Heart Out?
- Eat Your Heart Out is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. It appears on 1 school reading list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Eat Your Heart Out?
- It takes about 6h 25m to read Eat Your Heart Out (352 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 385 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Eat Your Heart Out?
- Eat Your Heart Out appears on reading lists for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Eat Your Heart Out banned in schools?
- Eat Your Heart Out does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does Eat Your Heart Out explore?
- Central themes in Eat Your Heart Out include horror, zombies, paranormal, thriller.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 9–12 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.