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RCMS Summer Reading and Summer Reading Homework!

RCMS Language Arts Teachers Recommend the Following Books and Tips To Keep Students on the Path of  Increasing Reading Skills and Vocabulary Development
 
Indiana Language Arts Reading Standards
Standard 1 
READING: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development
Standard 2
READING: Reading Comprehension
Standard 3
READING: Literary Response and Analysis
 
TIPS:
·        Set a reading goal for this summer.
·         Plan a routine time for reading, daily or weekly.
·         Keep a Summer reading log to help you focus and stay committed to your reading goal.
·         Carry your book with you to summer swim, or play practice, and read when you have to wait for your turn to act, or for your ride that is picking you up.
·         Visit the Rensselaer Public Library to check out a book, and to learn about reading programs for your age group.
·          If you are reading an Accelerated Reading Book, access the internet, and take the test to check how well you are reading. (The AR test website is https://hosted6.renlearn.com/124890 )
·         When school starts in August, plan to report to your reading teacher the title of at least 1 book that you have read over summer vacation. 
·         Visit a bookstore with a friend or parent. Each of you purchase the same book or two different books, but by the same author. Read independently, but set aside time for “book talk” to share with each other what is happening and what you predict will happen.
·         If you have some questions about the challenge of books that interest you, check out the reading level with the lexile information provided in this summer reading recommendation.
·       Check out the websites for titles of books, reviews, and/or activities that involve reading.           
 
Summer Reading Homework for Mrs. Waling:

1. Participate in the Jasper County Public Library Summer Reading Program. JCPL will forward your reading log sheet to RCMS.  
OR
2. Print a log sheet. Log your summer reading and bring your log sheet to school in August. Log sheets will be collected through the first full week of school.

Assessment - Your log sheet will be showcased in the RCMS Library in a collection entitled, "RCMS Summer Readers, 2010".

Books Recommended for Summer Reading By RCMS Language Teachers:

 
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 500's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Lubar, David 560L   279   Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Halfway to the Sky Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 580L   162 8 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Fever: 1793 Anderson, Laurie Halse 580L In 1793 Philadelphia, a young girl separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance. 243 10 to 14 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Travel & Places
Finding Stinko De Guzman, Michael 560L     10 and up Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Rapunzel's Revenge Hale, Shannon GN500L   144 10 to 14 Graphic Novels & Comics
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 600's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Boy Who Saved Baseball, The Ritter, John H. 660L   216 9 to 13 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Sports; Travel & Places
Eagle Strike Horowitz, Anthony 690L   256   Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Old Willis Place, The Hahn, Mary Downing 630L   199 8 to 12 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Social Issues
Al Capone Does My Shirts Choldenko, Gennifer 600L   215 9 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Step from Heaven, A Na, An 670L A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to adjust to life in America. 156 12 and up Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Under the Blood-Red Sun Salisbury, Graham 640L A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF BOYS IN HAWAII AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II. 246 10 to 13 Biography; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Military; Travel & Places
Silver Kiss, The Klause, Annette Curtis 690L A MYSTERIOUS TEENAGE BOY HARBORING A DARK SECRET HELPS ZOE COME TO TERMS WITH HER MOTHER'S TERMINAL ILLNESS. 198 12 and up Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Night Hoops Deuker, Carl 630L While trying to prove that he is good enough to play on his high school's basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and a troubled classmate who lives across the street. 212 12 to 17 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Sports
Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois 680L Lamed and orphaned, Kira is mysteriously moved to the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the Guardians. 215 12 and up Art; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fantasy; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Speak Anderson, Laurie Halse 680L   198 13 to 18 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Crossroads, The Grabenstein, Chris 620L   325 9 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Social Issues; Transportation; Travel & Places
Number the Stars Lowry, Lois 670L IN 1943, DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF DENMARK, TEN-YEAR-OLD ANNE MARIE LEARNS HOW TO BE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS WHEN SHE HELPS SHELTER HER JEWISH FRIEND FROM THE NAZIS. 137 10 to 14 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Juvenile Nonfiction; Military; Nature; Religion & Beliefs; Science & Technology; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Tangerine   680L In Tangerine, Nothing is Quite the way it looks. 294    
Sphere Crichton, Michael 610L FOUR SCIENTISTS CONFRONT A TERRIBLE POWER ONE THOUSAND FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 371   Fantasy; Fiction; Fiction & Literature
House of the Scorpion, The   660L   380    
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 700's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment Patterson, James 700L   422 12 and up Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi 780L Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in England flees his village and meets a juggler who holds a dangerous secret. 262 10 to 14 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The Murray, Ruth E. 740L AS THE LONE "YOUNG LADY" ON A TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE IN 1832, CHARLOTTE LEARNS THAT THE CAPTAIN IS MURDEROUS AND THE CREW REBELLIOUS. 220 12 and up Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
That Was Then, This Is Now Hinton, S. E. 780L STORY OF CONFLICT AND REBELLION BETWEEN SLUM AND MIDDLE CLASS KIDS. 154 5 and up Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Health; Juvenile; Social Issues
Friendship and The Gold Cadillac, The Taylor, Mildred D. 760L In "The Friendship," four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. In "The Gold Cadillac," two black girls living in the North are proud of their father's new Cadillac until they take it on a vacation to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. 87 7 to 11 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Outsiders, The Hinton, S. E. 750L Ponyboy can depend on trouble with the Socs, a local gang, but he has his brothers and his friends to protect him. Until someone takes it to far. 180 12 to 17 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
On the Devil's Court Deuker, Carl 730L STRUGGLING WITH HIS FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY AND HIS FAILURE TO MAKE THE BASKETBALL TEAM IN HIS NEW SCHOOL, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD JOE FAUST FINDS HIMSELF WILLING TO TRADE HIS SOUL FOR ONE PERFECT SEASON OF BASKETBALL. 250 12 and up Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott 780L AFTER THE EARTH IS TWICE ATTACKED BY ALIENS, THE WORLD GOVERNMENT BEGINS BREEDING MILITARY GENIUSES, ONE OF WHOM IS ENDER WIGGIN. 357    
Mrs. Mike Freedman, Benedict 710L BOSTONIAN GIRL FINDS ROMANCE IN NORTHWEST CANADA. 284 13 to 17 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Travel & Places
Hope Was Here Bauer, Joan 710L Hope and her aunt become involved in a diner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor. 186 12 to 17 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Food & Home; Health; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Travel & Places
Yearling, The Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan 750L   444   Animals; Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard 750L A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.   9 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Legend of Buddy Bush, The Moses, Shelia P. 760L   211   Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Health; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Counting On Grace Winthrop, Elizabeth 760L   221 8 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Cover-Up Feinstein, John 780L   300 10 to 14 Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Sports
Giver, The Lowry, Lois 760L   179 12 and up Fantasy; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Diamonds In The Shadow Cooney, Caroline B. 750L   229 12 to 17 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Sis, Peter AD760L   32 8 to 12 Biography; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction; Travel & Places
Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! Winerip, Michael 730L   329 8 to 12 Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Boy Who Dared, The Bartoletti, Susan Campbell 760L   202 9 to 12 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Health; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Lightning Thief, The Riordan, Rick 740L   375 10 to 14 Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Sports
Keeping Score Park, Linda Sue 770L   202 9 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Sports; Travel & Places
Uglies   770L   425    
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 800's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
When The Emperor Was Divine Otsuka, Julie 810L   144   Fiction; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Military
Missing Manatee, The DeFelice, Cynthia C. 830L   181 8 to 12 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Sports; Transportation; Travel & Places
Double Identity Haddix, Margaret Peterson 810L   218 10 to 14 Fantasy; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Flush Hiaasen, Carl 830L   263 10 and up Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Nature; Science & Technology; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George 850L PURITAN NEIGHBORS REGARD KIT TYLER WITH SUSPICION, FEAR, AND ANGER, WHEN SHE BEFRIENDS AN OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. 144 12 and up Fantasy; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery
To Kill A Mockingbird Lee, Harper 870L THE UNCONDITIONED AND UNCONDITIONAL WISDOM OF CHILDREN IS SHOWN TO BE SUPERIOR IN THIS STORY OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE. 281   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 810L STUDY OF BOY AND HIS SORREL COLT IN SUN DRENCHED CALIFORNIA. 100   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Smith, Betty 810L A YOUNG GIRL COMES OF AGE IN THE SQUALOR AND POVERTY OF THE BROOKLYN SLUMS. 424   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Great Gilly Hopkins, The Paterson, Katherine 800L AN 11-YEAR-OLD FOSTER CHILD TRIES TO COPE WITH HER LONGINGS AND FEARS AS SHE SCHEMES AGAINST EVERYONE WHO TRIES TO BE FRIENDLY. NEWBERY HONOR BOOK, CHRISTOPHER AWARD WINNER. 148 10 and up Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Cay, The Taylor, Theodore 860L   144 10 and up Adventure; Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Autobiography of My Dead Brother Myers, Walter Dean 830L   212 14 and up Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, The Yancey, Rick 810L   339 12 to 17 Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Princess Academy Hale, Shannon 890L   314 13 to 17 Fairy Tales, Myths, & Folktales; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Red Kayak Cummings, Priscilla 800L   208   Fiction & Literature
Dragon Slippers George, Jessica Day 850L   324 9 to 12 Animals; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Football Hero Green, Tim 840L   297 8 to 12 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Mystery; Social Issues; Sports; Travel & Places
All Shook Up Pearsall, Shelley 890L   261 8 to 12 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The   810L   240    
Call of the Wild, The London, Jack 820L   240   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Hunger Games, The Collins, Suzanne 810L   374 12 and up Family, Childhood, & Education; Fantasy; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Wuthering Heights   880L   158    
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 900's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 910L Set in the rough wilderness of early frontier Texas, Old Yeller is the tale of a boy left in charge of his family's farm, and the big yellow dog who helps him with his many responsibilities. 117   Animals; Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Travel & Places
Sounder   900L Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young boy grows in understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted family dog. 116    
Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Adams, Douglas 970L It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability and desperately in search of a place to eat. 187   Fantasy; Fiction; Fiction & Literature; Humor & Games
Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon 900L Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou keeps a summer journal that chronicles her first experiences with romance, homesickness, and death. 228 9 and up Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred D. 920L WARMTH, HUMOR, HARD TIMES AS A BLACK FAMILY STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN DIGNITY & INDEPENDENCE IN DEPRESSION MISSISSIPPI. NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER. ALA NOTABLE BOOK. NCTE BOOKS FOR YOU. 276 10 to 14 Biography; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Twain, Mark 950L The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. 221   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Looking Back Lowry, Lois 900L Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the author provides glimpses into her life. 181 8 to 12 Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile Nonfiction; Social Issues
What My Mother Doesn't Know Sones, Sonya 920L Sophie describes her relationship with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right. 259 11 to 13 Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Romance
Heat Lupica, Mike 940L   220 10 and up Business & Law; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Sports
Wednesday Wars, The Schmidt, Gary D. 990L   264 10 to 14 Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Standard Hero Behavior Anderson, John David 900L   273 8 to 12 Fiction & Literature; Humor & Games; Juvenile
Girl Who Could Fly, The Forester, Victoria 920L   329 9 and up Fiction & Literature; Juvenile
Red Badge of Courage, The Crane, Stephen 920L   240   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
White Fang   970L   240    
Children of Willesden Lane Golabek, Mona 920L   272 13 and up History & Social Studies; Social Issues
Summer Ball Lupica, Mike 910L       Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Sports
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 1000's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Life on the Mississippi Twain, Mark 1090L Life on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War.     Biography; Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Social Issues; Travel & Places
Freak the Mighty Philbrick, Rodman 1000L Max and his new friend Freak find that when they combine forces, they make a powerful team. 160 10 to 14 Family, Childhood, & Education; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile; Social Issues
Growing Up Baker, Russell 1090L RUSSELL BAKER'S STORY OF GROWING UP IN AMERICA IN BACKWOODS VIRGINIA, IN NEW JERSEY, AND BALTIMORE. A STORY OF HARD TIMES, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, AND LOVE. 348   Biography; Fiction & Literature
Pearl, The Steinbeck, John 1010L A BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT THE DISASTER WHICH A GIANT PEARL BRINGS TO A SIMPLE MAN AND HIS FAMILY. NCTE BOOKS FOR YOU. 90   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Day Lincoln Was Shot, The Bishop, Jim 1020L Gives a vivid account of the interactions of the people around Lincoln the day of his assassination. 302   History & Social Studies; Military; Travel & Places
Emma Austen, Jane 1080L        
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea   1030L        
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 1100's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
American Plague, An: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Murphy, Jim 1130L   139 10 to 14 Health; History & Social Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction; Science & Technology; Travel & Places
Separate Peace, A Knowles, John 1110L TWO ADOLESCENTS COME TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES AFTER A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. NCTE BOOKS FOR YOU. 196   Fiction; Fiction & Literature
My Life in Dog Years Paulsen, Gary 1150L The author describes how dogs have impacted his life from childhood through the present day, recounting the stories of his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life. 137 10 to 14 Animals; Biography; Fiction & Literature; Juvenile Nonfiction
Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s Cooper, Michael L. 1120L   69 12 to 14 Biography; Business & Law; History & Social Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction; Travel & Places
Bodies From The Ice Deem, James M. 1180L   53 10 to 12 Adventure; Animals; Family, Childhood, & Education; Juvenile Nonfiction; Science & Technology; Social Issues
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 1200's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Washington At Valley Forge Freedman, Russell 1210L   100 9 to 12 Biography; History & Social Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction; Military
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile 1300's
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Who Was First? Discovering The Americas Freedman, Russell 1310L   88 9 to 12 Adventure; History & Social Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction; Travel & Places
RCMS Suggested Summer Reading Lexile NP
Title Author Lexile Summary Pg. Count Age Range Subject categories
Nothing But The Truth Avi NP A NINTH-GRADER'S SUSPENSION FOR SINGING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" DURING HOMEROOM BECOMES A NATIONAL NEWS STORY. 212 12 and up Fiction; Fiction & Literature
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Spiegelman, Art NP A POWERFUL MEMOIR, PRESENTED IN A CARTOON FORMAT, ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY DURING AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS. 159   Graphic Novels & Comics; History & Social Studies
Miracle Worker Gibson, William NP ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING DRAMAS OF OUR TIME--THE INSPIRING STORY OF HELEN KELLER. NCTE BOOKS FOR YOU. 122 11 to 14 Fiction & Literature; Music, TV, Movies, & more; Travel & Places
Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen NP In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.   11 to 13 Biography; Fiction & Literature; History & Social Studies; Juvenile; Travel & Places


 
Lexile Information

NoveList'sreading (or audience) levels are determined by age, but reading abilities and interests vary widely within a specific age group.  MetaMetrics is a North Carolina-based company that developed Lexile ratings, a scientific measure of how difficult a book is to read.  The Lexile Measure is a number indicating the reading demand of the text in terms of semantic difficulty (word frequency) and syntactic complexity (sentence length).  The Lexile scale ranges from below 200 for beginning-reader material to above 1700 for advanced text.  Metametrics also uses additional Lexile Codes, or alphabetic designations to indicate special characteristics of the text.

You can use Lexiles to find books that are at an appropriate level of difficulty for your child or student.
 
Grade Level
If Reader Measures
Text Measure (Lexile Range)
1
up to 300L
200L to 400L
2
140L to 500L
300L to 500L
3
330L to 700L
500L to 700L
4
445L to 810L
650L to 850L
5
565L to 910L
750L to 950L
6
665L to 1000L
850L to 1050L
7
735L to 1065L
950L to 1075L
8
805L to 1100L
1000L to 1100L
9
855L to 1165L
1050L to 1150L
10
905L to 1195L
1100L to 1200L
11-12
940L to 1210L
1100L to 1300L
 

For example, a father whose twelve-year old son is a reluctant reader but has read and enjoyed Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, could use NoveList to discover that The Invention of Hugo Cabret has a Lexile rating of 820.  This father could then use the Lexile limiter at the Advanced Search page, to only retrieve titles that are within his son's reading ability: one hundred point below and fifty points above the rating of 820 would be what Lexile's creators recommend.  A search limited to a Lexile range of 720-870 for books with twelve-year-old boys as characters retrieves many potential titles.
Beginning your search with a book your young reader has already conquered will probably bring the best results from Lexiles.  The chart above displays the typical Lexile measure of students and the typical Lexile measure of texts for a given grade level.  You may also use this chart to estimate the reader's Lexile range based on grade level.  Keep in mind, however, that approximately 50 percent of students read at a higher or lower Lexile level than what is represented in the chart for their grade level.  Not all students of a particular grade level will read at the same Lexile level.

Although Lexiles can assist you in finding titles that address readability, these titles may not address the intended audience or maturity level.  In NoveList you can perform a search for all book titles within a certain Lexile range, as well as one that also restricts the results to a particular reading level. 
1.      From the Advanced Search screen, at the "Limit your results" section you can define your Lexile range by either selecting a predefined range from the Lexile Reading Level menu, or entering a score at the Lexile Reading Search field.  If you enter a score at the Lexile Reading Search, NoveList will automatically search a range one hundred points below and fifty points above the rating, as recommended by  Lexile's creators.
2.      Also under the "Limit your results" section, select a reading level from the Reading Level menu. Select multiple reading levels using the Control or the Shift key.
3.    Click the Search button
 
To Access Novelist via the Internet:
  1. Log on to myjcpl.org (Jasper County Public Library)
  2. Click on "Reference"
  3. Click "JCPL Digital Information"
  4. Click "Outside" if you are accessing databases from outside the library.
  5. Enter your patron ID number and PIN
  6. Click on Novelist - this will open the database
  7. Lexile information can be found using an Advanced Search.

Additional books can be found using the following links:

Middle School Summer Reading List Lexile 500's
Middle School Summer Reading List Lexile 600's
Middle School Summer Reading List Lexile 700's
Middle School Summer Reading List Lexile 900's
Middle School Summer Reading List Lexile 1000's