Collection Analysis Report
for Caudill 2019
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 (19 books)
- Realistic Fiction (7 books)
- History (6 books)
- Social Studies (6 books)
- Nonfiction (4 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (3 books)
- Physical Education (3 books)
- Poetry (3 books)
- Sports (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Humor (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 20 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: 770 (Range: 620 - 980)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
| Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 10 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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- Very
- 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.
- 54 Videos
- 32 Book Readings
- 55 Lesson Plans
- Total of 495 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA)'s "Caudill 2019". 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/QLTQHHT
Better Nate Than Ever
by Tim Federle and Scott M. Fischer
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music, Physical Education
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Booked
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
Falling Over Sideways
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2016
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds
Book 1 of the Track Series
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Sports
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly 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
The Goldfish Boy
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2017
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
The Iron Trial
by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, and Scott M. Fischer
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2014
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Humor
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee, Middle Eastern, Muslim
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Lily and Dunkin
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Disability, Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
March Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Book 1 of the March Trilogy
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Me and Marvin Gardens
by A.S. King
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2017
Moo
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
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Ms. Bixby's Last Day
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 800
- 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: Moderately Complex
One Half from the East
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: South Asian, Gender, Asian, Women / Girls, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2016
Paper Things
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
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Unbound: A Novel in Verse
by Ann E. Burg
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
- Grades Used: 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: History, Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2017
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: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
by Russell Freedman and Laura Williams McCaffrey
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2016
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