Collection Analysis Report
for Teens with Special Needs
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 22 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.
(22 of 22 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (20 books)
- Realistic Fiction (16 books)
- Health (13 books)
- Social Studies (9 books)
- Humor (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Romance (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 16 of 22 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: 775 (Range: 570 - 1110)
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 7 of 22 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
- 40 Lesson Plans
- Total of 319 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on School Library Journal's "Teens with Special Needs". 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/QLT7DCW
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
After Ever After
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
All the Bright Places
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2015
Cameron and the Girls
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman and Brendan Shusterman
- Grades Used: 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Crazy
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for CrazyDon't Touch
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Don't TouchThe Farm
by Emily McKay
- Genres: Horror, Romance
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The FarmFragile Bones: Harrison and Anna
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Girls Like Us
by Gail Giles
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls, Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately 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
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2006
Laughing at My Nightmare
by Shane Burcaw
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Humor, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 1110
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Marcelo in the Real World
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2009
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: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Med Head: My Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Drugged-Up Battle with My Brain
by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Med HeadOkay for Now
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2011
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: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
One Thing Stolen
by Beth Kephart
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2015
Owning It: Stories about Teens with Disabilities
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Owning ItThe Running Dream
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2011
Say What You Will
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2014
This Is How I Find Her
by Sara Polsky
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2013
Waiting for No One
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2010
Wintergirls
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
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