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 (18 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (6 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Adventure (4 books)
- History (4 books)
- Graphic Novel (3 books)
- Science (3 books)
- Art (2 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Horror (2 books)
- Realistic Fiction (2 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (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 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: 714 (Range: 360 - 1040)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 5 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
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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.
- 36 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 20 Lesson Plans
- Total of 340 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/QLM32SU
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
Down and Across
by Arvin Ahmadi
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2018
Genuine Fraud
by E. Lockhart
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 2017
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
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 Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Misfit City
by Kirsten Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, and Naomi Franquiz
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Misfit CityMoonrise
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for MoonriseThe Poet X
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Gender, Immigrant / Refugee, Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada), Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Men / Boys, Transgender / Non-Conforming
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 360
- Year Published: 2018
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 ReplicaRest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2017
Salt 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
Speak: The Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll
- Grades Used: 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Slightly Complex
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2017
Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2018
Warcross
by Marie Lu
- Grades Used: 8
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 810
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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: 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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