Inside Out and Back Again

Inside Out and Back Again (2011)

by Thanhha Lai

ISBN: 978-0-06-196278-3

Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.3-5   Reading Level by Scholastic Gr.5.0

IL by AR: Middle Grade     RL by AR: Gr.4.8

IL by Follett: Gr.3-6    RL by Follett: Gr.4.9

Lexile: 800L     DRA: 60     Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell)W

  Age: 9+     UK Equivalent: Upper KS2 

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: Historical Fiction, Autobiography

Synopsis:Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. 2012 Newbery Honor Book

Based on the author's own childhood and written in free-verse poems, this unforgettable story captures a fierce girl's struggles to find her place in her family, in her new home, and in the world.  (Credits to Scholastic)

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The Young Man and the Sea

The Young Man and the Sea

by Rodman Philbrick

ISBN 9780439368308

Interest Level by Scholastic: Middle Grade     Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr4.8

IL by AR: Middle Grade     RL by AR: Gr.4.5 

IL by Follett: Middle Grade     RL by Follett: Gr.4.6

Lexile: 800L     DRA: 60     Guided Reading (Fountas & Pinnell): W 

Type: Novel, US Books     Genre: Family Fiction, Adventure

Synopsis: After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna. (Credits to Follett)