Collection Analysis Report
for Fiction Books, 6-8
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.)
- English Language Arts (17 books)
- Social Studies (10 books)
- Realistic Fiction (8 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- History (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (3 books)
- Mystery (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Spanish (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 17 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: 758 (Range: 470 - 1160)
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 8 of 17 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
- 26 Book Readings
- 41 Lesson Plans
- Total of 324 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Fiction Books, 6-8". 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/ql5PNI8
Anna and the Swallow Man
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1160
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Cosmic
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Elijah of Buxton
- Grades Used: 6, 7
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Hidden
by Helen Frost
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2011
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Listen, Slowly
by Thanhhà Lại
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Asian, Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2015
The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
March Toward the Thunder
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2008
Ninth Ward
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: 470
- Year Published: 2010
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
Playing for the Devil's Fire
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2016
Prime Baby
by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Prime BabyThe Reader
by Traci Chee
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The ReaderRed Glass
by Laura Resau
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Red GlassTrouble
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for TroubleWhen You Reach Me
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Where the Streets Had a Name
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2010
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2012
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Yellow Star
by Jennifer Roy
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
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