Collection Analysis Report
for Multicultural Stories
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 21 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(21 of 21 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- Social Studies (16 books)
- Realistic Fiction (13 books)
- Health (5 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Nonfiction (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 19 of 21 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 766 (Range: 600 - 930)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 9 of 21 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 28 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 54 Lesson Plans
- Total of 342 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Multicultural Stories". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLO35XF
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2002
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Ask Me No Questions
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Muslim, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2006
Aya
by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AyaBindi Babes
- Genres: Humor, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2004
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Bindi BabesBlack and White
by Paul Volponi
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2005
Born Confused
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2003
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 2006
Buried Onions
by Gary Soto
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Spanish
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
- Grades Used: 7
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Feathers
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American, Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FeathersFlying Lessons & Other Stories
by Ellen Oh, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, and Meg Medina
- Grades Used: 5, 8
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1989
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Kite Runner
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
La Linea
- Grades Used: 8
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Monster
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The New Policeman
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2007
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
by Lori Carlson and Oscar Hijuelos
- Genres: Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2007
The Road of the Dead
by Kevin Brooks
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2006
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sís
- Grades Used: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
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