Collection Analysis Report
for NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 11-12
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 20 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.
(20 of 20 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (16 books)
- Social Studies (8 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (5 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Horror (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Sports (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 of 20 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: 765 (Range: 300 - 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 7 of 20 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.
- 21 Videos
- 14 Book Readings
- 21 Lesson Plans
- Total of 299 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "NYC Reads 365 - Gr. 11-12". 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/QL35YPY
The Boy Meets Girl Massacre
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell Rainbow Rowell
Book 1 of the Simon Snow Trilogy
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Carry OnThe Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Cultural Experiences: Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The Freedom Summer Murders
by Don Mitchell
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Jewish
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1130
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Slightly Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), LGBTQ+, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
by Julian Voloj, Claudia Ahlering, and Jeff Chang
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story
by Farida Khalaf and Andrea C. Hoffmann
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Middle Eastern
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2016
The Harlem Hellfighters
by Max Brooks and Canaan White
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2014
Heartless
- Grades Used: 10
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
IQ
by Joe Ide
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for IQThe Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 1100
- Year Published: 2015
Replica
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for ReplicaSalt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo Leigh Bardugo
Part of the Grishaverse
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very 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
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
The Star Side of Bird Hill
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
This Book Is Gay
by Juno Dawson
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1070
- Year Published: 2015
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 300
- Year Published: 2014
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
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Zeroes
by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
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