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J High Reading Level
*See next page for Reading Level Chart
5.0—5.9 Books
Clive Barker—Abarat (5.5)
Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson—Science Fair (5.8)
Marion Dane Bauer—A Bear Named Trouble (5.0)
Andrea Beaty—Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies (5.1)
Lesley M.M. Blume—Cornelia and the Audacious
Escapades of the Somerset Sisters (5.5); The Rising
Star of Rusty Nail (5.4); Tennyson (5.1)
Andrew Clements—Frindle (5.4); Lost and Found
(5.0); Lunch Money (5.2); No Talking (5.0)
Eoin Colfer—Airman (5.8)
Clive Cussler—The Adventures of Vin Fiz (5.9); The
Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (5.9)
Kate DiCamillo—The Magician’s Elephant (5.0)
Sharon Draper—Fire from the Rock (5.0)
John Fardell—The 7 Professors of the Far North (5.8)
Natasha Farrant—After Iris (5.7)
Tim Federle—Better Nate than Ever (5.9)
Neil Gaiman—Coraline (5.1); The Graveyard Book
(5.1)
Alan Gratz—The Brooklyn Nine (5.0)
Todd Hasak-Lowy—33 Minutes (5.8)
Marsha Hayles—Breathing Room (5.3)
Sara Lewis Holmes—Letters from Rapunzel (5.3)
Dick King-Smith—Babe: The Gallant Pig (5.6)
E.L. Konigsburg—Silent to the Bone (5.4); The View
from Saturday (5.9)
Don Lemna—When the Sergeant Came Marching
Home (5.4)
Mike Lupica—The Batboy (5.7)
John Bemelmans Marciano—The 9 Lives of
Alexander Baddenfield (5.6)
Alexander McCall Smith—The Perfect Hamburger
and Other Delicious Stories (5.2)
Sarah Miller—Miss Spitfire (5.8)
Linda Sue Park—Keeping Score (5.4); A Long Walk to
Water (5.0)
Shelley Pearsall—All Shook Up (5.7)
Richard Peck—Here Lies the Librarian (5.1); A Long
Way from Chicago (5.0)
Louis Sachar—The Cardturner (5.1)
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Gary Schmidt—Trouble (5.7); The Wednesday Wars (5.9);
What Came from the Stars (5.5)
Adam Selzer—I Put a Spell on You: From the Files of
Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective (5.6)
Alan Silberberg—The Awesome, Almost 100% True
Adventures of Matt & Craz (5.0)
Holly Goldberg Sloan—Counting by Sevens (5.6)
Lemony Snicket—File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (5.6)
Sue Stauffacher—Donuthead (5.6); Harry Sue (5.5)
Maggie Stiefvater—The Scorpio Races (5.5)
Johnny Swanson—Eleanor Updale (5.0)
Clare Vanderpool—Moon Over Manifest (5.3); Navigating
Early (5.2)
Elissa Brent Weissman—The Short Seller (5.6)
Celia Wilkins—Across the Rolling River (5.6)
5.0—5.9 Series
Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson—Starcatchers series
(5.2-5.6)
Jim Benton—Dear Dumb Diary series (5.1-6.2)
Jeanne Birdsall—Penderwicks series (4.7-5.6)
Suzanne Collins—Underland chronicles (4.7-5.0); Hunger
Games series (5.3)
Mark Crilley—Akiko series (4.7-6.1)
James Dashner—Maze Runner series (5.0-5.3); 13th
Reality series (5.6-6.0)
Nicholas Edwards—Dog Whisperer series (5.3-6.0)
Lissa Evans—Stuart Horten series (5.5-5.6)
Walter Farley—Black Stallion series (5.1-6.4)
Jack Gantos—Norvelt books (5.7-6.0)
John Grisham—Theodore Boone series (5.2-6.4)
Margaret Peterson Haddix—Missing series (5.0-5.2)
Anthony Horowitz—Alex Rider series (4.8-5.9)
Brian Jacques—Redwall series (5.0-6.3)
P.B. Kerr—Children of the Lamp series (5.4-5.9)
Jeff Kinney—Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (5.2-5.6)
Ingrid Law—Savvy (6.0) and Scumble (5.6)
Alexander McCall Smith—Akimbo series (4.9-5.5); Max
and Maddy series (5.3)
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Reading Level Chart
AR
Level/
Grade
Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
AR
Level/
Grade
Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.7
3.9
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
350
375
400
425
450
475
500
525
550
575
600
625
650
675
D
D
D
D
E
E
F
F
G
H
I
J
J
K
K
K
K
M
M
N
N
N
N
O
O
P
P
C
C
C
D
E
E
F
F
F
G
G
H
I
I
I-J
J
J
K
K
L
L
M
M
N
O
O
P
2
2
4
4
6
8
8
10
12
14
14
14
16
16
16-18
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.7
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.8
6.0
6.4
6.7
7.0
7.4
7.8
8.2
8.6
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.6
12.2
12.8
13.5
700
725
750
775
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825
850
875
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925
950
975
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1050
1075
1100
1125
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Q
R
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U
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Y
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44
44
44
44
20
20
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28
28
28
30
34
36
38
A single reading level number listed for a series of books is for the first book in the series.
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J High Reading Level
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5.0—5.9 Series continued
Jo Nesbo—Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder series
(5.2-5.3)
Kenneth Oppel—Matt Cruse series (4.9-5.1);
Silverwing series (4.7-5.3)
Ransom Riggs—Miss Peregrine series (5.7)
Angie Sage—Septimus Heap series (5.8-6.5)
Lemony Snicket—All the Wrong Questions series
(5.2-5.5)
Tui T. Sutherland—Wings of Fire series (5.0-5.5)
Wendelin VanDraanen—Gecko & Sticky series
(4.8-5.7)
Nick Ward—Charlie Small series (5.2-6.1)
Elissa Brent Weissman—Nerd Camp series (5.1-5.5)
6.0—6.9 Books
Mary Anderson—Derby Fever (6.0)
Sam Angus—Soldier Dog (6.0)
Paul Bajoria—The Printer’s Devil (6.3)
Inge Barth-Grözinger—Something Remains (6.3)
Lesley M.M. Blume—Modern Fairies, Dwarves,
Goblins, and Other Nasties: A Practical Guide (6.9)
John Boyne—The Terrible Thing That Happened to
Barnaby Brocket (6.2)
P.J. Bracegirdle—Fiendish Deeds (6.1)
Melvin Jules Bukiet—Undertown (6.0)
Dino Buzzati—The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily
(6.9)
Tim Byrd—Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom (6.6)
Michael Chabon—Summerland (6.3)
Platte F. Clarke—Bad Unicorn (6.1)
James Crowley—Starfish (6.3)
Anna Dale—Spellbound (6.4)
Ann Downer—The Dragon of Never-Was (6.4)
Lizzie K. Foley—Remarkable (6.0)
Julia Golding—Secret of the Sirens (6.6)
David Greenberg—A Tugging String: A Novel About
Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era (6.1)
Shannon Hale—Princess Academy (6.0)
Irene Hunt—Across Five Aprils (6.6)
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Eva Ibbotson—The Abominables (6.2); The Dragonfly
Pool (6.5)
Devin Jordan—The Dragon’s Pearl (6.5)
Norton Juster—The Phantom Tollbooth (6.7)
Trilby Kent—Stones for My Father (6.3)
Dawn Lairamore—Ivy and the Meanstalk (6.1); Ivy’s Ever
After (6.9)
Robert Lawson—Ben and Me (6.9)
Michelle Lovric—The Undrowned Child (6.0)
Barbara Mariconda—The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons
(6.2)
Dominique Moceanu—Balancing Act (6.3); Reaching
High (6.0); Unexpected Twist (6.1); Winning Team (5.6)
Rita Murphy—Bird (6.2)
Garth Nix—Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and
Other Stories (6.5)
Linda Sue Park—A Single Shard (6.6)
Gary Paulsen—Mudshark (6.3); The Rifle (6.8); Voyage of
the Frog (6.0)
Dale Peck—Drift House (6.4)
Andrea Davis Pinkney—Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a
Slave Girl (6.9)
Lauren St. John—Dolphin Song (6.6); The Elephant’s Tale
(6.1); The White Giraffe (6.2)
N.H. Senzai—Saving Kabul Corner (6.1)
Matthew Skelton—Endymion Spring (6.3)
Jennifer E. Smith—The Storm Makers (6.2)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder—The Egypt Game (6.4)
Andy Spearman—Barry, Boyhound (6.2)
R.A. Spratt—The Adventures of Nanny Piggins (6.2)
Laura L. Sullivan—Under the Green Hill (6.8)
Sandi Toksvig—Hitler’s Canary (5.4)
Annie Wedekind—A Horse of Her Own (6.8); Samirah’s
Ride (6.2)
Ian Whybrow—The Unvisibles (6.1)
Bill Willingham—Down the Mysterly River (6.6)
See the J Narrative Nonfiction sheet for
additional books with higher reading levels.
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Reading Level Chart
AR
Level/
Grade
Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
AR
Level/
Grade
Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.7
3.9
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
350
375
400
425
450
475
500
525
550
575
600
625
650
675
D
D
D
D
E
E
F
F
G
H
I
J
J
K
K
K
K
M
M
N
N
N
N
O
O
P
P
C
C
C
D
E
E
F
F
F
G
G
H
I
I
I-J
J
J
K
K
L
L
M
M
N
O
O
P
2
2
4
4
6
8
8
10
12
14
14
14
16
16
16-18
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.7
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.8
6.0
6.4
6.7
7.0
7.4
7.8
8.2
8.6
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.6
12.2
12.8
13.5
700
725
750
775
800
825
850
875
900
925
950
975
1000
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1050
1075
1100
1125
1150
1175
1200
1225
1250
1275
1300
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Q
R
S
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U
V
V
W
W
X
Y
Z
Q
Q
R
S
T
U
U
V
W
X
Y
Y
Z
38
38
40
42
44
44
44
44
44
44
20
20
20
24
28
28
28
30
34
36
38
A single reading level number listed for a series of books is for the first book in the series.
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J High Reading Level
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6.0—6.9 Series
7.0 and above Books
Jennifer Allison—Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
series (6.0-7.0)
Dale E. Basye—Heck series (6.0-7.1)
William Boniface—Extraordinary Adventures of
Ordinary Boy series (6.1-6.2)
Linda Buckley-Archer—Gideon series (6.3-6.8)
Patrick Carman—Atherton series (5.7-6.1); The Land
of Elyon series (5.8-6.1)
Eoin Colfer—Artemis Fowl series (5.5-6.6)
Cressida Cowell—How to Train Your Dragon series
(6.2-6.9)
Gitty Daneshvari—School of Fear series (6.0-6.4)
Ed Decter—The Outriders series (6.0-6.6)
Paul Dowswell—Sam Witchall series (5.4-6.3)
John Flanagan—Ranger’s Apprentice series (5.6-7.3)
Roderick Gordon—Tunnels series (6.5-7.0)
James Gurney—Dinotopia series (4.7-6.8)
Lucy Hawking—George series (5.6-6.6)
Peter Howe—Waggit series (6.0-6.3)
John Hulme—The Seems series (6.6-7.1)
Victoria Laurie—Oracles of Delphi Keep series (6.46.7)
Colin Meloy—Wildwood series (5.9-6.7)
Garth Nix—Keys to the Kingdom series (5.9-6.5)
Shawn Thomas Odyssey—Oone Crate series (6.4-6.5)
Ian Ogilvy—Measle series (6.1-6.7)
James A. Owen—Chronicles of the Imaginarium
Geographica series (5.6-6.9)
Susan Patron—Lucky series (5.9-6.5)
J.K. Rowling—Harry Potter series (5.5-7.2)
Michael Scott—Nicholas Flamel series (5.4-6.4)
Lemony Snicket—A Series of Unfortunate Events
series (6.3-7.4)
Nancy Springer—Enola Holmes series (6.6-7.1)
Trenton Lee Stewart—The Mysterious Benedict
Society series (5.6-6.3)
J.R.R. Tolkien—Lord of the Rings series (6.1-6.3)
Bianca Turetsky—Time Traveling Fashionista series
(5.9-6.9)
Maryrose Wood—Incorrigible Children of Ashton
Place series (6.3-6.8)
Susannah Appelbaum—The Shepherd of Weeds (7.3)
T.A. Barron—Merlin: The Book of Magic (8.2)
Michael Cadnum—The King’s Arrow (7.6); Starfall:
Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun (7.4)
Lewis Carroll—Alice in Wonderland (7.4)
Tony Diterlizzi—Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the
Fantastical World Around You (8.0)
Rick Geary—J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography (7.8)
Christopher Golden—The Un-Magician (7.0)
Andy Griffiths—What Buttosaur is That? (8.5)
Charmian Hussey—The Valley of Secrets (7.0)
Jim Kjelgaard—Snow Dog (7.4)
Jack London—The Call of the Wild (7.1); White Fang (7.4)
Helen Lowe—Thornspell (7.1)
Robin McKinley—The Hero and the Crown (7.0)
Ben Mezrich—Bringing Down the House (7.1)
Philip Reeve—Starcross (7.2)
J.K. Rowling—The Tales of Beedle the Bard (8.4)
Anna Sewell—Black Beauty (7.7)
Dugald A. Steer—Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of
Merlin (7.5)
Robert Louis Stevenson—The Black Arrow (9.0); Treasure
Island (8.3)
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin—Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm (8.1)
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7.0 and above Series
L. Frank Baum—Wizard of Oz series (6.9-8.0)
Joseph Delaney—The Last Apprentice series (5.6-8.0)
Debi Gliori—Pure Dead series (7.4)
Kenneth Grahame—The Wind in the Willows series
(7.3-8.2)
L.M. Montgomery—Anne of Green Gables series (5.9-8.6)
Emily Rodda—Deltora series (6.9-7.5)
Paul Stewart—Barnaby Grimes series (6.5-7.1); The Edge
Chronicles (5.0-7.2)
Mark Walden—H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous
Education series (6.7-7.7)
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Reading Level Chart
AR
Level/
Grade
Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
AR
Level/
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Level
Lexile
Rating
Guided
Reading
Fountas
Pinnell
DRA
Level
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.7
3.9
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
350
375
400
425
450
475
500
525
550
575
600
625
650
675
D
D
D
D
E
E
F
F
G
H
I
J
J
K
K
K
K
M
M
N
N
N
N
O
O
P
P
C
C
C
D
E
E
F
F
F
G
G
H
I
I
I-J
J
J
K
K
L
L
M
M
N
O
O
P
2
2
4
4
6
8
8
10
12
14
14
14
16
16
16-18
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.7
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.8
6.0
6.4
6.7
7.0
7.4
7.8
8.2
8.6
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.6
12.2
12.8
13.5
700
725
750
775
800
825
850
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900
925
950
975
1000
1025
1050
1075
1100
1125
1150
1175
1200
1225
1250
1275
1300
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U
V
V
W
W
X
Y
Z
Q
Q
R
S
T
U
U
V
W
X
Y
Y
Z
38
38
40
42
44
44
44
44
44
44
20
20
20
24
28
28
28
30
34
36
38
A single reading level number listed for a series of books is for the first book in the series.