Collection Analysis Report
for High School Peach Book Award Nominees 2018-2019
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 19 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.
(19 of 19 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (19 books)
- HASH(0x5646ccb995f8) (10 books)
- HASH(0x5646c9f168d8) (6 books)
- HASH(0x5646cd748638) (5 books)
- HASH(0x5646ccb9a1d8) (3 books)
- Social Studies (3 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc2a18c0) (2 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc8f7508) (2 books)
- Health (2 books)
- HASH(0x5646cc69a7f8) (1 books)
- HASH(0x5646ccb06c80) (1 books)
- Physical Education (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 19 of 19 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: 720 (Range: 490 - 920)
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 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 6 of 19 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.
- 41 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 342 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "High School Peach Book Award Nominees 2018-2019". 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/QLJME7N
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately 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: Very Complex
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
- Grades Used: 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global), Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 650
- 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: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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
Scythe
Book 1 of the Arc of a Scythe Trilogy
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2016
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
How to Hang a Witch
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2016
The Upside of Unrequited
Book 2 of the Simonverse Series
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 490
- Year Published: 2017
Allegedly
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for AllegedlyBang
by Barry Lyga
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for BangWhat to Say Next
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2017
Wonder Woman: Warbringer
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Wonder WomanWhen Dimple Met Rishi
Book 1 of the Dimpleverse Series
- Grades Used: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2016
Don't Get Caught
by Kurt Dinan
- Genres: Adventure, Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2016
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 GutlessMoxie
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Names They Gave Us
by Emery Lord
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2017
Mars One
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Mars OneGirls Made of Snow and Glass
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, LGBTQ+, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2017
Radio Silence
by Alice Oseman
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2017
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