Is Anybody There?
by Eve Bunting
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
Is Anybody There? by Eve Bunting is assigned in US schools at grades 3–5. It appears across 2 curriculum references and 2 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where Is Anybody There? 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 3–5
- Age range
- Ages 8–10
- Pages
- 173
- Reading time
- about 3h 10m (est.)
- First published
- 1988
- Genre
- Mystery
- ISBN-13
- 9780606029056
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Why widely assigned
This Mystery title, typically at grades 3–5. Written in the 1980s; pairs with curriculum units on mothers and sons and latchkey children; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
mothers and sons · latchkey children · latchkey children in fiction · mothers and sons in fiction
Where this book is assigned
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1992 winner (Chapter Book)
- recommended·4th grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1992 winner (Chapter Book)
- recommended·5th grade · Nebraskasource: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 1992 winner (Chapter Book)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
- recommended·3rd grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 1991 winner
- recommended·4th grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 1991 winner
- recommended·5th grade · South Carolinasource: South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) — South Carolina Children's Book Award official past winners list (linked from scasl.net) — 1991 winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is Is Anybody There??
- Is Anybody There? is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–5. It appears on 2 school reading lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Is Anybody There??
- It takes about 3h 10m to read Is Anybody There? (173 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 190 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Is Anybody There??
- Is Anybody There? appears on reading lists for Nebraska Golden Sower Award, South Carolina Children's Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Is Anybody There? banned in schools?
- Is Anybody There? 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 Is Anybody There? explore?
- Central themes in Is Anybody There? include mothers and sons, latchkey children, latchkey children in fiction, mothers and sons in 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 3–5 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 2 states ELA frameworks 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.