Collection Analysis Report
for Explore New Genres: Nonfiction for Teens
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 10 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.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- English Language Arts (5 books)
- History (4 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Picture Book (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 4 of 10 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: 982 (Range: 760 - 1130)
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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 10 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
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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.
- 8 Videos
- 4 Book Readings
- 5 Lesson Plans
- Total of 109 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on AdLit's "Explore New Genres: Nonfiction for Teens". 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/QLH95DB
5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight from Slavery
by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2006
Cooking Up a Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook
by Sam Stern
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2006
Declare Yourself: Speak. Connect. Act. Vote. More Than 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2005
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book
by Frank Warren
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2007
Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know...
by David Roberts and Jeremy Leslie
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Pick Me UpShe Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2008
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
A Wreath for Emmett Till
by Marilyn Nelson and Philippe Lardy
- Grades Used: 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2005
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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Exceedingly Complex
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