Lexile® Framework for Reading
Levels1, and Selected Books by or
about Anne Frank
Compiled by the Education Department,
The Anne Frank Center USA, April 2013
Grade
Typical
Reader’s
Lexile®
Range2
Typically
Used Texts
Lexile®
Range3
CCSS
2012
Text
Measures4
3
330–700
600–730
520–820
Anne Frank-related Readings in This Range5
Who Was Anne Frank? (Harrison; Penguin 2007, 660L)
Anne Frank and Her Diary (Ridley; Sea-to-Sea, 2013, 680L)
4
445–810
640–780
740–940
•••Advanced readers often start Anne’s Diary in 4th grade•••
The Story of Anne Frank (Lewis; DK Readers 3, 2001, 840L)
Anne Frank & the Children of the Holocaust (Lee; Puffin,2006,NR)
5
565–910
730–850
830–1010
Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told The World Her Story
(Kramer; National Geographic, 2009, 860L)
Memories of Anne Frank (Gold; Scholastic, 1997, 890L)
The Diary of Anne Frank (play, Definitive Edition; Goodrich/Hackett, adapted by
Wendy Kessleman; Dramatists Play Service 2000-2009. NR)
Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annex (Frank; Bantam, 1982/2003, 950L)
6
665–1000
860–920
925–1070
Eva’s Story: A Survivor’s Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
(Schloss; Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1998/2010, NR)
Anne Frank Remembered (MiepGies; Touchstone, 2009, 920L)
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures From the Archives of The Anne
Frank House. (Metselaar and van der Rol, trans. Pomerans; Roaring Brook Press,
2009 [2004], NR)
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary, A Photographic Remembrance
(van der Rol and Verhoeven; Puffin, 1993, 1030L)
7
735–1065
880–960
970–1120
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank; Bantam 1952/1993, 1080L)
(When studied as a class, most often at grades 6-8)
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
(Jacobson and Colón; Hill & Wang, 2010, 800L.)
Anne Frank: A History for Today (Anne Frank House, available through AFC
USA; photos, text, maps, graphics, 5 1/2 x 8 ppk, NR).
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers, with Erin Gurwell;
Broadway Books, 1999/2009, 900L)
8
805–1100
900–1010
1010–1185
Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust (Zapruder;Yale
Univ. Press, 2002, NR).
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (Lindwer;Anchor, 1992 [1988], NR)
Alicia: My Story (Appelman-Jurman; Random House, 1988, 880L)
9
4
5
1
2
3
855–1165
960–1010
1050–1260
The Diary of a Young Girl, Definitive Edition (Frank; 1991/1995, Bantam
Edition [mass mkt ppk], Anchor [trade ppk], or Doubleday [hardcover]. NR) The
later, expanded edition.
Anne Frank’s Family: The Extraordinary Story of Where She Came
From (Pressler; Anchor, 2012 [2009], NR)
Anne Frank in the World: Essays and Reflections
(Rittner, ed; M.E. Sharpe, 1998, NR).
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Lexile® range shows the 25th to the 75th percentile of readers at the given grade level. Thus, there remain 25% of readers above, and 25% below, the stated range.
Lexile® range of books most typically assigned to students at the given grade level.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are “raising the bar” for what students will be expected to be able to read for “college and career readiness.”
Red indicates by Anne Frank. Purple indicates the stage play based on the Diary. The Anne Frank Center USA, in collaboration with The Anne Frank House, also
carries: books for younger readers; graphic-novel and graphic-history books about Anne and the Holocaust era; Spanish editions of the Diary and related texts;
multilingual films to enhance and deepen student learning; annotated books of photographs; and academic texts.
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