Collection Analysis Report
for Overcoming Disaster
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 17 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.
(17 of 17 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Science (10 books)
- English Language Arts (9 books)
- Nonfiction (8 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- History (5 books)
- Health (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 17 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: 837 (Range: 650 - 1060)
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)
There are currently no items on this list with qualitative measurements.
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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.
- 5 Videos
- 1 Book Readings
- 2 Lesson Plans
- Total of 81 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)'s "Overcoming Disaster". 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/QLG6HYH
911: The Book of Help
by Michael Cart, Marc Aronson, and Marianne Carus
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1060
- Year Published: 2002
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for 911Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope
by James Howe
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2003
The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood
by Virginia T. Gross and Ronald Himler
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Science
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1991
Facing Change: Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years
by Donna R. O'Toole
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1995
Flash Fire
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 1995
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Flash FireFlight #116 is Down!
- Genres: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 1992
The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth
by Bob Sheets and Jack Williams
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2001
Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1996
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for HurricanesIsaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 1999
Johnstown Flood: The Day the Dam Burst
by Mary Gow
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2003
Leaving Home: Stories
by Hazel Rochman and Darlene Z. McCampbell
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Leaving HomeNatural Disasters That Changed History
by Bryn Barnard
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2003
The Silent Storm
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1993
Storm Rescue
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Storm RescueStormwitch
by Susan Vaught
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for StormwitchThe Usual Rules
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2003
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