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Lexile Levels (Link to Guided Reading Levels)
The Start-to-Finish® titles listed below were evaluated using the paperback book format only. By using the word-by-word highlighting and digitized speech on the computer, students have access to books with higher Lexile scores than a teacher might recommend.

Age ---- Reader Measures ----Text Measures
(Interquartile Range, Mid-Year) (from Lexile Framework Map)

6/7 ---- ---- ---- up to 300L ---- ---- 200L to 400L
7/8 ---- ---- ---- 140L to 500L ---- ---- ---- 300L to 500L
8/9 ---- ---- ---- 330L to 700L ---- ---- ---- 500L to 700L
9/10 ---- ---- ---- 445L to 810L ---- ---- ---- 650L to 850L
10/11 ---- ---- ---- 565L to 910L ---- ---- ---- 750L to 950L
11/12 ---- ---- ---- 665L to 1000L ---- ---- ---- 850L to 1050L
12/13 ---- ---- ---- 735L to 1065L ---- ---- ---- 950L to 1075L
13/14 ---- ---- 805L to 1100L ---- ---- ---- 1000L to 1100L
14/15 ---- ---- 855L to 1165L ---- ---- ---- 1050L to 1150L
15/16 ---- ---- 905L to 1195L ---- ---- ---- 1100L to 1200L
16-18 ---- 940L to 1210L ---- ---- ---- 1100L to 1300L

---- Title ---- ----- Lexile Level ---- ---- Age Equivalency
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ---- ---- ---- 540 ---- ---- ---- 8/9
Adventure of the Speckled Band, The ---- ---- 510 ---- 7-9
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The ---- 390 ---- ---- ---- 6-8
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The ---- ----750 ---- ----9-11
After the Buffalo Jump: A Story of the Blackfoot Nation ---- ---- 700 ---- ---- 8-10
Against All the Odds: George Washington and the Fight for American Independence ---- ---- 790 ---- 10/11
Alcatraz, The Rock ---- ---- 270 ---- ---- ---- 6/7
Ali: The Greatest ---- ---- 470 ---- ---- 7/8
Anne of Green Gables ---- ---- 500 ---- ---- 7-9
Big Ben is Dead ---- ---- 450 ---- ---- 7-9
Black Beauty ---- ---- 480 ---- ---- 7-9
Border Crossing ---- ---- 360 ---- ---- 6-8
Call of the Wild ---- ---- 780 ---- ---- 9-11
Charles Darwin: The Man Who Looked at Life ---- ---- 810 ---- ---- 10/11
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile ---- ---- 590 ---- ---- 8/9
Crossbow Mystery at Yellowstone Park, The ---- ---- 370 ---- ---- 6-8
Death at Jamestown ---- ---- 670 ---- 8-10
Earthquake! ---- ---- 720 ---- ---- 9/10
Edgar Allan Poe Collection ---- ---- 370 ---- ---- 6-8
Fight for Your Life: The Story of Rubin Hurricane Carter ---- ---- 850 ---- ---- 10-12
Flo-Jo: The Story of Florence Griffith Joyner ---- ---- 540 ---- ---- 8/9
For Liberty: A Story of the American Revolution ---- ---- 860 ---- ---- 10-12
Frankenstein ---- ---- 470 ---- ---- 7-9
Frederick Douglass: A Hero for All Times ---- ---- 580 ---- ---- 8/9
Graveyard Mystery, The ---- ---- 200 ---- ---- 6/7
Greek Myths I ---- ---- 680 ---- ---- 8-10
Greek Myths II ---- ---- 690 ---- ---- 8-10
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark * ---- ---- *See Below ---- ---- *See Below
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People ---- ---- 660 ---- ---- 8-10
Home Run Heroes ---- ---- 570 ---- ---- 8/9
Hurricane! ---- ---- 590 ---- ---- 8/9
I Am Vallejo! ---- ---- 420 ---- ---- 7/8
Jack London Collection ---- ---- 650 ---- ---- 8-10
Jackie Robinson and the American Dream ---- ---- 650 ---- ---- 8/9
Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe ---- ---- 1030 ---- ---- 12/13
Japanese Americans: Prisoners at Home, The ---- ---- 590 ---- ---- 8/9
Jim Thorpe: Athlete of the Twentieth Century ---- ---- 690 ---- ---- 8-10
Kidnapped ---- ---- 630 ---- ---- 8-10
King Lear ---- ---- 470 ---- ---- 7-9
King Tut's Tomb ---- ---- 500 ---- ---- 7-9
Kings of the Nile ---- ---- 760 ---- ---- 9-11
Liddy and the Volcanoes ---- ---- 600 ---- ---- 8-10
Little Women ---- ---- 380 ---- ---- 6-8
Lord Jim ---- ---- 430 ---- ---- 7/8
Macbeth ---- ---- 420 ---- ---- 7/8
Mark Twain Collection ---- ---- 450 ---- ---- 7-9
Midsummer Night's Dream, A * ---- ---- *See Below ---- ---- *See Below
Mutiny on the Bounty, The ---- ---- 700 ---- ---- 8-10
Night of the Loch Ness Monster, The ---- ---- 470 ---- ---- 7-9
On Strike! The Story of Cesar Chavez ---- ---- 630 ---- ---- 8-10
Othello: the Moor of Venice * ---- ---- *See Below ---- ---- *See Below
Prince and the Pauper, The ---- ---- 420 ---- ---- 7/8
Race Inside Me: The Story of Wilma Rudolph ---- ---- 790 ---- ---- 10/11
Red Badge of Courage ---- ---- 370 ---- ---- 6-8
Remembering Sweetness: Walter Payton and the Bears ---- ---- 740 ---- ---- 9/10
Romeo and Juliet ---- ---- 380 ---- ---- 6-8
Rosa Parks: Freedom Fighter ---- ---- 550 ---- ---- 8/9
Sacagawea: The Trip to the West ---- ---- 530 ---- ---- 7/8
Scandal in Bohemia, A ---- ---- 480 ---- ---- 7-9
Secret of Old Mexico, The ---- ---- 470 ---- ---- 7-9
Silver Blaze ---- ---- 540 ---- ---- 8/9
Space Voyage: Hitching a Ride Through the Solar System, A ---- ---- 990 ---- ---- 10-13
Story of Anne Frank, The ---- ---- 540 ---- ---- 8/9
Tales from Homer: Stories from the Iliad and the Odyssey ---- ---- 820 ---- ---- 10/11
Treasure Island ---- ---- 420 ---- ---- 7/8
Tuskegee Airmen, The ---- ---- 670 ---- ---- 8-10
When Horses Are Gone: A Story of the Nez Perce Indian Tribe ---- ---- 630 ---- ---- 8/9
Wilt Chamberlain: NBA Giant ---- ---- 610 ---- ---- 8/9

* Note: Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Lexile score 600), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lexile score 500) and Othello: the Moor of Venice (Lexile score 480) While the sentence length for Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Lexile score 600), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lexile score 500) and Othello: the Moor of Venice (Lexile score 480) may be short in passages of dialogue, and while many of the words in these retellings would appear on high frequency lists, the sentence structure is more literary than Start-to-Finish Gold library books, the cadence of the original author is more closely preserved and words are used in more abstract and metaphorical ways. The following examples illustrate these points:

"Legs bear me up." (Hamlet, p. 31)

"He who steals my purse steals trash, but he who steals my good name makes me poor indeed." (Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 55)

"My lord, beware of jealousy, the green-eyed monster." (Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 55)

It is the recommendation of the Start-to-Finish editing team that when considering these Shakespeare books, that they be used for reading at a grade equivalency of 4^th to 5^th grade.

Start-to-Finish® Books
Guided Reading Levels (Link to Lexile Levels)
Guided Reading Levels have been determined by using the leveling criteria suggested by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell (2001).

---- ---- Guided Reading Levels ---- ---- Approximate Grade Level

A ---- ---- 5-6
B-C ---- ---- 5-7
D-G ---- ---- 6/7
H-I ---- ---- 6-8
J-K ---- ---- 7/8
L-M ---- ---- 7-9
N ---- ---- 8/9
O-P ---- 8-10
Q-R ---- ---- 9/10
S-T ---- ---- 9-11
U ---- ---- 10/11
V-W ---- ---- 10-12
X-Y ---- ---- 11/12
Z ---- ---- 12-14

Title ---- ---- ---- Guided Reading Level ---- ---- Approximate Age Level

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ---- ---- O ---- ---- 8-10
Adventure of the Speckled Band, The ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The ---- ---- Q ---- ---- 8-10
After the Buffalo Jump: A Story of the Blackfoot Nation ---- ---- N ---- ---- 8/9
Against All the Odds: George Washington and the Fight for American Independence ---- S ---- 9-11
Alcatraz, The Rock ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Ali: The Greatest ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Anne of Green Gables ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Big Ben is Dead ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Black Beauty ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Border Crossing ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Call of the Wild ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9-10
Charles Darwin: The Man Who Looked at Life ---- ---- S ---- ---- 9-11
Christmas Carol, A ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile ---- ---- O ---- ---- 7-9
Crossbow Mystery at Yellowstone Park, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Death at Jamestown ---- ---- T ---- ---- 9-11
Earthquake! ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Edgar Allan Poe Collection ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Fight for Your Life: The Story of Rubin Hurricane Carter ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9/10
Flo-Jo: The Story of Florence Griffith Joyner ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
For Liberty: A Story of the American Revolution ---- ---- T ---- ---- 9-11
Frankenstein ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Frederick Douglass: A Hero for All Times ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Graveyard Mystery, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Greek Myths I ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9/10
Greek Myths II ---- ---- R ---- 9/10
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark ---- ---- Q ---- ---- 9/10
Home Run Heroes ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Hurricane! ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
I Am Vallejo! ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Jack London Collection ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Jackie Robinson and the American Dream ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe ---- ---- Q ---- ---- 9/10
Japanese Americans: Prisoners at Home, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Jim Thorpe: Athlete of the Twentieth Century ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Kidnapped ---- ---- T ---- ---- 9-11
King Lear ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
King Tut's Tomb ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Kings of the Nile ---- ---- O ---- ---- 8-10
Liddy and the Volcanoes ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Little Women ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Lord Jim ---- ---- N ---- ---- 8/9
Macbeth ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Mark Twain Collection ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Midsummer Night's Dream, A ---- ---- Q ---- ---- 9/10
Mutiny on the Bounty, The ---- ---- O ---- ---- 8-10
Night of the Loch Ness Monster, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
On Strike! The Story of Cesar Chavez ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Othello: the Moor of Venice ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9/10
Prince and the Pauper, The ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Race Inside Me, The: The Story of Wilma Rudolph ---- ---- S ---- ---- 9-11
Red Badge of Courage ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Remembering Sweetness: Walter Payton and the Bears ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9/10
Romeo and Juliet ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Rosa Parks: Freedom Fighter ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Sacagawea: The Trip to the West ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Space Voyage: Hitching a Ride Through the Solar System, A ---- ---- R ---- ---- 9/10
Scandal in Bohemia, A ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Secret of Old Mexico, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Silver Blaze ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Story of Anne Frank, The ---- ---- M ---- ---- 7-9
Tales from Homer: Stories from the Iliad and the Odyssey ---- ---- S ---- ---- 9-11
Treasure Island ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
Tuskegee Airmen, The ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9
When Horses Are Gone: A Story of the Nez Perce Indian Tribe ---- ---- N ---- ---- 8/9
Wilt Chamberlain: NBA Giant ---- ---- L ---- ---- 7-9

Fountas, Irene C. and Pinnell, Gay Su. 2001. Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann.