Collection Analysis Report
for Cardinal REaD: Summer Reading Book Titles 2017
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 16 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.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (14 books)
- Realistic Fiction (6 books)
- Biography (5 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Romance (3 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (3 books)
- Adventure (2 books)
- Physical Education (2 books)
- Sports (2 books)
- History (1 books)
- Music (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- Spanish (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 16 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: 763 (Range: 540 - 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 7 of 16 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.
- 26 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 19 Lesson Plans
- Total of 236 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Cardinal REaD: Summer Reading Book Titles 2017". 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/QLKH87K
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Transgender / Non-Conforming, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Being JazzDumplin'
by Julie Murphy
Book 1 of the Dumplin' Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Music
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Dumplin'An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
Book 1 of the Ember in the Ashes Series, An
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very 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: Moderately Complex
Gutless
by Carl Deuker
- Genres: Sports
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for GutlessHouse Arrest
by K.A. Holt
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Poetry, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 610
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and
Book 1 of the Illuminae Files Trilogy
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for IlluminaeIn the Country We Love: My Family Divided
- Grades Used: 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- 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
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Irena's Children: Young Readers Edition
by Tilar J. Mazzeo and Mary Cronk Farrell
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2016
Orbiting Jupiter
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very 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
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
- Grades Used: 6, 7
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Sports
- Cultural Experiences: Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: Physical Education, Social Studies
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2012
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: Moderately Complex
Personal Effects
by E.M. Kokie
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2012
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
Playing for the Devil's Fire
- Genres: Mystery
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Latino (Latin America)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Spanish
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2016
Tell Me Three Things
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2016
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2014
Wolf by Wolf
by Ryan Graudin
- Grades Used: 7, 8
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
A Work in Progress: A Memoir
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2015
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