The Midwife's Apprentice
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman is assigned in US schools at grades 3–7. It appears across 2 curriculum references, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where The Midwife's Apprentice 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 3–7
- Pages
- 143
- Reading time
- about 2h 35m (est.)
- First published
- 1995
- Genre
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780547722177
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Why widely assigned
This Fiction title, typically at grades 3–7. Written in the 1990s; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Where this book is assigned
Newbery Medal
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner
- recommended·4th gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1996 Newbery Medal winner
Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·4th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·5th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·6th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
- recommended·7th gradesource: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1998 Winner
The Midwife's Apprentice by the numbers: pages, reading time and where it is listed, on Book Statistics.
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Midwife's Apprentice?
- The Midwife's Apprentice is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 3–7. It appears on 2 school reading lists. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read The Midwife's Apprentice?
- It takes about 2h 35m to read The Midwife's Apprentice (143 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 155 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The Midwife's Apprentice?
- The Midwife's Apprentice appears on reading lists for Newbery Medal, Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Midwife's Apprentice banned in schools?
- The Midwife's Apprentice has documented removals from at least one public-school district in 1 state (FL) per PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. Policies vary by district.
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 3–7 — 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
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- Documented as challenged or removed in 1 state per PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans — see the full banned & challenged books list.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, read-aloud.