
Ten Kids, No Pets
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Widely assigned — 3 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).
Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin is assigned in US schools at grades 4–6. It appears across 3 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 Ten Kids, No Pets 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 4–6
- Pages
- 137
- Reading time
- about 2h 30m (est.)
- First published
- 1988
- Genre
- Children's
- ISBN-13
- 9780545593601
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Why widely assigned
This Children's title, typically at grades 4–6. Written in the 1980s; cited across 3 curriculum frameworks.
Where this book is assigned
Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
- recommended·4th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1991 Winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1991 Winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1991 Winner
Virginia Readers' Choice
- recommended·3rd grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1993-1994 winner (Elementary)
- recommended·4th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1993-1994 winner (Elementary)
- recommended·5th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1993-1994 winner (Elementary)
Young Hoosier Book Award
- recommended·4th grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·5th grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
- recommended·6th grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1991 winner (Intermediate)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Ten Kids, No Pets?
- Ten Kids, No Pets is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 4–6. It appears on 3 school reading lists across 2 states, from grade 3 to grade 6. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Ten Kids, No Pets?
- It takes about 2h 30m to read Ten Kids, No Pets (137 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 150 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Ten Kids, No Pets?
- Ten Kids, No Pets appears on reading lists for Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award, Virginia Readers' Choice, Young Hoosier Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Ten Kids, No Pets banned in schools?
- Ten Kids, No Pets 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.
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 4–6 — 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 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, read-aloud.