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Something Like Home

by Andrea Beatriz Arango

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Widely assigned — 3 curriculum lists · 3 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).

On reading-award lists:South Carolina Junior Book AwardRhode Island Children's Book AwardVirginia Readers' Choice

Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango is assigned in US schools at grades 6–8. It appears across 3 curriculum references and 3 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Something Like Home 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 6–8
Age range
Ages 11–14
First published
2023
Genre
Verse Novel
ISBN-13
9780593566183

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About this book

A Pura Belpré Honor novel-in-verse: placed with an aunt she barely knows, a lonely girl rescues a stray dog and slowly finds her way back toward family and belonging. Andrea Beatriz Arango's grades 6-8 verse novel is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice (Middle School) nominee.

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Why widely assigned

This Verse Novel title, typically at grades 6–8. Written in the 2020s; pairs with curriculum units on family and identity; cited across 3 curriculum frameworks.

Themes

family · identity · perseverance

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Common questions

What grade level is Something Like Home?
Something Like Home is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 6–8. It appears on 3 school reading lists across 3 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
What curricula assign Something Like Home?
Something Like Home appears on reading lists for Rhode Island Children's Book Award, South Carolina Junior Book Award, Virginia Readers' Choice. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Something Like Home banned in schools?
Something Like Home 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 Something Like Home explore?
Central themes in Something Like Home include family, identity, perseverance.

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How we classify

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Lexile measure
Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band
Grades 6–8 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 3 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence
Cited in 3 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags
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