Collection Analysis Report
for Mock Book Awards: 2018-19, Printz Award
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 11 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.
(11 of 11 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (11 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (4 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- History (2 books)
- Nonfiction (2 books)
- Social Studies (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Fairy Tales / Folklore (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (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 11 of 11 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: 759 (Range: 550 - 1010)
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 11 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.
- 35 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 26 Lesson Plans
- Total of 277 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Mock Book Awards: 2018-19, Printz Award". 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/QLVE5G4
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Book 1 of the Legacy of Orïsha Trilogy
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
The 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
Dread Nation
- Grades Used: 10
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly 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 Astonishing Color of After
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Multiracial / Mixed Race
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2018
The Hazel Wood
- Genres: Fairy Tales / Folklore, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2018
Love, Hate and Other Filters
by Samira Ahmed
- Grades Used: 9
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Muslim, South Asian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Exceedingly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Exceedingly Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
What I Leave Behind
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2018
The Place Between Breaths
by An Na
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Disability, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2018
Picture Us in the Light
- Grades Used: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 890
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Exceedingly Complex
- Text Organization: Exceedingly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Exceedingly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2018
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Cultural Experiences: Asian, Asian (Global), Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
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