Harry's Mad
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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).
Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith is assigned in US schools at grades 3–6. 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 Harry's Mad 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 3–6
- Age range
- Ages 8–11
- Pages
- 123
- Reading time
- about 2h 15m (est.)
- First published
- 1984
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780517562543
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Why widely assigned
This Realistic Fiction title, typically at grades 3–6. Written in the 1980s; pairs with curriculum units on parrots and inheritance and succession; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Themes
parrots · inheritance and succession · behavior, fiction · boys, fiction
Where this book is assigned
California Young Reader Medal
- recommended·3rd grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·4th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·5th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·6th grade · Californiasource: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Harry's Mad?
- Harry's Mad is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–6. It appears on 1 school reading list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Harry's Mad?
- It takes about 2h 15m to read Harry's Mad (123 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 135 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Harry's Mad?
- Harry's Mad appears on reading lists for California Young Reader Medal. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Harry's Mad banned in schools?
- Harry's Mad 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 Harry's Mad explore?
- Central themes in Harry's Mad include parrots, inheritance and succession, behavior, fiction, boys, fiction.
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 3–6 — 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.