What I Saw and How I Lied
by Judy Blundell
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where What I Saw and How I Lied 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 9–12
- Pages
- 290
- Reading time
- about 5h 20m (est.)
- First published
- 2008
- ISBN-13
- 9780545232166
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Where this book is assigned
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- recommended·9th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2008 winner
- recommended·10th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2008 winner
- recommended·11th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2008 winner
- recommended·12th gradesource: National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners (National Book Foundation), via Wikipedia — 2008 winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is What I Saw and How I Lied?
- What I Saw and How I Lied is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. It appears on 1 school reading list. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read What I Saw and How I Lied?
- It takes about 5h 20m to read What I Saw and How I Lied (290 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 320 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign What I Saw and How I Lied?
- What I Saw and How I Lied appears on reading lists for National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is What I Saw and How I Lied banned in schools?
- What I Saw and How I Lied 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
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- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 9–12 — 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
- 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.