Lexile Reading List
by
Grade Level -- Exploratory -- Exceptional
Children Program
St. Pauls Middle School
Science 6th Grade
Title
My Side of the
Mountain
Reading Level
5.3
Lexile
829
Julie of the Wolves
5.7
888
Julies Wolf Pack
4.7
731
The sign of the Beaver
5.0
781
James and the Giant
peach
4.7
731
Sounder
5.3
829
Island of the Blue
Dolphin
5.5
860
Song of the trees
4.3
669
Everest
8.4
1149
The Giver
5.7
888
Social Studies 6th Grade
Title
Reading Level
Lexile
Snow Treasure
4.5
701
Tuck Everlasting
5.0
781
The Giver
5.7
888
Number the Stars
4.5
701
Black Stallion
5.2
829
Freedom Crossing
4.5
701
No More Dead Dogs
4.5
701
Feathers
4.4
701
Walk two moons
4.9
781
Rosa Parks
7.0
1,029
Language Arts 6th Grade
Title
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Reading Level
6.3
Lexile
951
Where the Red Fern Grows
6.4
979
Missing May
4.5
701
Brian’s Winter
6.2
951
Maniac Magee
4.7
431
Bridge to Terabithia
6.0
921
Chicken Boy
6.7
999
Island of the blue dolphin
5.5
860
Julie of the Wolves
5.6
888
Sounder
5.3
829
Science 7th Grade
TITLE
The Black Stallion
AR – LEVEL
LEXILE
888
Charlotte’s Web
669
The Summer of Swans
781
Old Yeller
829
The Cay
829
951
781
530
701
888
Brian’s Winter
The Wind in the Willows
Milkweed
Out of the Dust
The Giver
AR – LEVEL
7.9
LEXILE
1111
Math in our solar system : applying problemsolving strategies
5.7
888
Managing your money : understanding math
operations involving decimals and integer
5.7
888
The stock market : understanding and applying
ratios, decimals, fractions, and percentages
6.9
1019
Geometry's great thinkers : the history of
geometry
7.2
1052
Bigfoot caught on film : and other monster
sightings!
5.5
860
What stinks?
6.7
999
Soil : digging into Earth's vital resource
6.6
989
Phineas Gage : a gruesome but true story about
brain science
7.4
1070
UFOs : what scientists say may shock you
6.1
931
TITLE
America's Electoral College, choosing the
President : comparing and analyzing charts,
graphs, and tables
Math 7th Grade
Language Arts 8th
Reading
Level
AR
Points Lexile
Title
Author
Egyptian Myths
Jeffrey, Gary
3.9
1.0
619
Dinosaur Hunters
McMullen, Kate
4.0
1.0
619
Princess Sonora and the
Long Sleep
Levine, Gail
Carson
4.2
2.0
639
Anastasia Krupnik
Red Scarf Girl: a memoir of
the cultural revolution
Lowry, Lois
6.6
3.0
700
5.0
8.0
780
Forged by Fire
Draper, Sharon
6.8
5.0
780
Vampires
Perry, Janet
4.9
0.5
781
5.2
1.0
800
Who Was Louis Armstrong?
The Land
Taylor, Mildred
8.9
18.0
820
Motorcycle Racing
Dregni, Michael
5.3
0.5
850
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee, Harper
10.0
15.0
870
Princess in Love
Cabot, Meg
7.1
8.0
880
Inside the Titanic
Marschall, Ken
5.5
Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
Rowling, J.K.
7.0
14.0
940
The Carnivorous Carnival
Snicket, Lemony
6.2
6.0
1120
The Black Arrow
Stevenson,
Robert Louis
9.0
15.0
1201
940
Math 8th Grade
Book Title/Author
Reading Level
Lexile Score
The Hoover Dam: applying
problem-solving strategies
By Roz, Greg
Music math: exploring different
interpretations of fractions
Collins, Kathleen
Managing your money:
understanding math operations
involving decimals and integers
Alien lifesearch: quest for
extraterrestrial organisms
By Jeffereis, David
The solar system and the stars
By Fredette, Nathalie
Reptiles
Mander, lelia
Gut-eating bugs: maggots
reveal the time of death
Denega, Danielle
The history of rap and hip-hop
Baker, Soren
Basketball: startling stories
behind the records
Benagh, Jim
African heroes
Haskins, James
6.2
685
2.8
410
6.0
665
6.0
665
8.5
1000
6.9
1055
5.5
850
8.9
845
7.1
747
8.9
845
CTE 6th-8th Grades
Reggie Slicker
Book
AR level
Lexile #
A Voice of her own 5.4
844
Great Southern
Mysteries
Unsolved: Famous
real life mysteries
Mystery Tour: A
student guide to
N.C. ghosts and
legends
Amazing True
Stories
Book of World
Records
Super Sport Trucks
7.5
1080
7.7
1098
7.5
1000
3.6
545
6.8
1009
6.2
811
The Story of Jackie
Robinson: bravest
man in baseball
4.8
744
Music 6th-8th Grades
Book
Title/Author
“We Shall Overcome: The
History of the American Civil
Rights Movement”
By Finlayson, Reggie
“The Voice of America”
By Merni Ingrassia Fitzgerald
“Music Math: Exploring Different
Interpretations of Fractions”
By Kathleen Collins
“Cool Careers Without College for
Music Lovers”
By Kerry Hinton
“North American Indian Music”
By Rich Ench
“Blues: Its Birth and Growth”
By Howard Elmer
“The History of Rap and Hip Hop”
By Soren Baker
“Rap and Hip Hop: The Voice of
a Generation”
By Ayazi-Hashjin, S.
“Musical Instruments A To Z”
By Kalman, Bobbie
“Music and Drum: Voices of War
and Peace, Hope and Dreams”
poetry collected by Laura
Robb
Reading Level
Lexile Score
8.1
1,121
7.1
1,029
2.8
381
7.2
1,029
8.8
1,178
6.6
979
8.9
1,178
6.8
999
4.1
619
3.5
530
CTE 6th-8th Grades
Title
A/R
Lexile
ANGEL ON THE SQUARE
5.6
820
THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
5.3
970
5.0
1000
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM
THE TITAN’S CURSE
4.7
630
ARTEMIS FOWL
5.7
600
THE WEIRDO
4.7
770
DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN
6.0
670
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
5.7
600
7.0
800
5.5
770
RIFLES FOR WATIE
JIPS HIS STORY
EC 6th-8th Grades
Title
Author
A gift for Abuelita :
Celebrating the Day of the
Dead
Luenn, Nancy
491
Cool bikes = Motos cool
Dayton, Connor
348
Levine, Ellen
440
Junie B. Jones loves
handsome Warren
Park, Barbara
381
Moses : when Harriet Tubman
led her people to freedom
Weatherford, Carole
Boston
619
Little gold star : a Spanish
American Cinderella tale
San Souci, Robert D.
731
Sea of ice : the wreck of the
Endurance
Kulling, Monica
701
A cloak for the dreamer
Friedman, Aileen
731
Learning about rocks,
weathering, and erosion
with graphic organizers
Estigarribia, Diana
781
Rocks & fossils
Hynes, Margaret
1,121
Lexile Points
Henry's freedom box
Art 6th-8th Grade
Titles 1 - 25 out of 41
Anastasia tiene las respuestas
[ Book ]468 LOW Lowry, Lois.
Published 2001
Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.9 / 4.0 pts. Lexile= 619
Origami : identifying right angles in geometric figures
[ Book ]516 LIN Linde, Barbara M.
Published 2004
Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.4 / 0.5 pts. Lexile= 31
Volcanoes & earthquakes
[ Book ]551.21 RUB Rubin, Ken, 1962Published 2007
Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 8.9 / 2.0 pts. Lexile= 241
Ultimate Spider-Man. [Vol. 2], Learning curve
[ Book ]741.5 BEN Bendis, Brian Michael.
Published 2002
Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.7 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Into the woods
[ Book ]741.5 HUN Hunter, Erin W.
Published 2008
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.6 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
The lost warrior
[ Book ]741.5 HUN Hunter, Erin.
Published 2007
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.3 / 0.5 pts. Lexile= 31
Warrior's return
[ Book ]741.5 HUN Hunter, Erin.
Published 2008
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.5 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Ultimate Spider-Man. [Vol. 1], Power and responsibility
[ Book ]741.5 JEM Jemas, Bill.
Published 2002
Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.9 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
The rise of scourge
[ Book ]741.5 JOL Jolley, Dan.
Published 2008
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.3 / 0.5 pts. Lexile=31
The Hardy boys, undercover brothers. #1, The Ocean of Osyria
[ Book ]741.5 LOB Lobdell, Scott.
Published 2005
Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 3.3 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Kaput & Zosky
[ Book ]741.5 TRO Trondheim, Lewis.
Published 2008
Accelerated Reader® Level: 2.7 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Renaissance paintings : using perspective to represent three-dimensional objects
[ Book ]750 LEV Levy, Janey.
Published 2005
Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.0 / 0.5 pts. Lexile= 31
Learning martial arts
[ Book ]796.8 Pot Potts, Steve, 1956Published 1996
Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.5 / 0.5 pts. Lexile= 31
Mastering martial arts
[ Book ]796.8 Pot Potts, Steve, 1956Published 1996
Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 5.0 / 0.5 pts. Lexile=31
Kickboxing : the modern martial art
[ Book ]796.8 SIP Sipe, Daniel.
Published 1994
Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 5.5 / 0.5 pts. Lexile= 31
The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal
rights
[ Book ]921 AND Freedman, Russell.
Published 2004
Reading Level: 8.2 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 8.2 / 3.0 pts.
Lexile: 1180
Lexile: 1180
Romare Bearden : collage of memories
[ Book ]921 BEA Greenberg, Jan, 1942Published 2003
Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.4 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Fireflies in the dark : the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin
[ Book ]921 DIC Rubin, Susan Goldman.
Published 2000
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.2 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Mahalia Jackson : the voice of gospel and civil rights
[ Book ]921 JAC Kramer, Barbara.
Published 2003
Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.9 / 3.0 pts. Lexile = 440
Don't hold me back : my life and art
[ Book ]921 REM Rembert, Winfred.
Published 2003
Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.9 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Diego Rivera : painting Mexico
[ Book ]921 RIV Kent, Deborah.
Published 2005
Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.0 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
A prairie boy's winter
[ Book ]971.06 KUR Kurelek, William, 1927Published 1973
Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 5.7 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Chasing Vermeer
[ Book ]FIC BAL Balliett, Blue, 1955Published 2005
Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 5.4 / 6.0 pts. Lexile= 770
Lexile: 770
The mystery of Silas Finklebean
[ Book ]
FIC BAL Baldacci, David.
Published 2006
Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.7 / 4.0 pts. Lexile= 619
Mr. Baker-Health 6th-8th Grade
Health science projects about heredity
576.5 GAR
Gardner, Robert, 1929Published 2001
Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 8.9 / 3.0 pts.
Lexile=440
Health science projects about anatomy and physiology
612 GAR
Gardner, Robert, 1929Published 2001
Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.8 / 3.0 pts. Lexile=440
The dangers of diet drugs and other weight-loss products
615 Bar
Barrett, Cece.
Published 1999
Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.7 / 1.0 pts. Lexile=51
Bulimia nervosa : the secret cycle of bingeing and purging
616.85 Bur
Burby, Liza N.
Published 1998
Reading Level: 8.5 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.6 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Eating disorder survivors tell their stories
616.85 Chi
Chiu, Christina.
Published 1998
Reading Level: 8.9 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.1 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Starving to win : athletes and eating disorders
616.85 O'Br
O'Brien, Eileen, 1955Published 1998
Reading Level: 8.4 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.0 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Anorexia nervosa : when food is the enemy
616.85 Smi
Smith, Erica.
Published 1999
Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.2 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51
Body blues : weight and depression
616.85 Wee
Weeldreyer, Laura.
Published 1998
Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.0 / 1.0 pts. Lexile=51
Phineas Gage : a gruesome but true story about brain science
921 GAG
Fleischman, John.
Published 2002
Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 7.4 / 2.0 pts. Lexile= 241
Focus on Australia
994 JAM
James, Otto.
Published 2007
Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 8.6 / 3.0 pts. Lexile=440
Weep no more, my lady
FIC CLA
Clark, Mary Higgins.
Published 1988
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.7 / 13.0 pts. Lexile= 1,504
Slam dunk
FIC HIR
Hirschfeld, Robert, 1942-
Published 2004
Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.4 / 3.0 pts. Lexile= 440
Alice in lace
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Published 1996
Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 5-8
Accelerated Reader® Level: 4.8 / 5.0 pts. Lexile= 781
Drug Use and Abuse : Perspectives on Physical Health
Bonnie Graves 2000
Published 2000
Interest Level: All Juvenile
Accelerated Reader® Level: 6.1 / 1.0 pts. Lexile= 51