Collection Analysis Report
for Monica Hughes Award, 2012-2016
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 13 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.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (9 books)
- Adventure (5 books)
- Horror (3 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Realistic Fiction (1 books)
- Science (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 13 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: 728 (Range: 600 - 1020)
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 2 of 13 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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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.
- 13 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 14 Lesson Plans
- Total of 186 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on . 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/QLUOIIK
The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel and Jim Tierney
- Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2014
Clover's Luck
by Kallie George and Alexandra Boiger Kallie George and Alexandra Boiger
Book 1 of the Magical Animal Adoption Agency Series
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
The Nest
by Kenneth Oppel and Jon Klassen
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 640
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Exceedingly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Nethergrim
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2014
The Night Gardener
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7
- Genres: Horror
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 690
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Scorpion Rules
by Erin Bow
- Genres: Adventure
- Cultural Experiences: LGBTQ+
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2015
Sea of Shadows
- Genres: Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2014
Seraphina
- Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 760
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for SeraphinaSorrow's Knot
by Erin Bow
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2013
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
- Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2014
A Thousand Nights
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
The Unquiet
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2015
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The UnquietWhat Happened to Serenity?
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2011
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