Collection Analysis Report
for ALSC Summer Reading, 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 24 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.
(24 of 24 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (20 books)
- History (8 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- Adventure (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (4 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 23 of 24 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: 776 (Range: 440 - 1120)
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 13 of 24 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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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.
- 48 Videos
- 35 Book Readings
- 44 Lesson Plans
- Total of 521 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC - a division of the American Library Association's "ALSC Summer Reading, 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/QLCOUHT
As Brave as You
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2016
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: Very Complex
Beetle Boy
by M.G. Leonard
- Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Beetle BoyBooked
by Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander
Part of the Crossover Series
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Genres: Adventure, Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2015
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
Dream On, Amber
by Emma Shevah and Helen Crawford-White
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
by Gail Jarrow
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Health, History, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness
by Hal Johnson and Tom Mead
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2015
Fish in a Tree
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill and Yuta Onoda
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for GroundedHour of the Bees
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2016
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2015
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz and Hatem Aly
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Adventure, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Muslim, Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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: Very 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
Lost in the Sun
by Lisa Graff
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Mark of the Thief
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Me and Miranda Mullaly
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2016
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
by Nikki Grimes
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2016
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: History, Music, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1030
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Rhythm RideRoller Girl
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction, Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 440
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds
- Genres: Biography, Fairy Tales / Folklore, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Physical Education
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 2016
Short
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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