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The Lottery

by Shirley Jackson

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Published
1948
Genre
Fiction
Pages
30
Words
3835
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6219656-the-lottery?ac=1&from_search=true

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
5.9
AR interest level
UG — upper grades, 9–12
Lexile
1100L
Suggested reading age
ages 14–18
Ambleside year
Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19

An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.

The people of a village perform their annual lottery, with startling consequences for the recipient of the one paper with the black spot.

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ClassicsMysteries-Misc./OtherShort StoriesWhat Kids Are Reading, 2018-Grade 10: Top 25 Fiction/Nonfiction Books