Title | Lexile | Arrow | Focus |
How to Train Your Dragon | 420L | Brave Writer Arrow for How to Train Your Dragon | Punctuation |
The Earth Dragon Awakes | 510L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Earth Dragon Awakes | Analogies |
Flora and Ulysses | 520L | Brave Writer Arrow for Flora and Ulysses | Free Verse |
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine | 560L | Brave Writer Arrow for Galen and the Gateway to Medicine | Updating History |
How to Eat Fried Worms | 560L | Brave Writer Arrow for How to Eat Fried Worms | Surprise |
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | 570L | Brave Writer Arrow for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Writer’s Voice |
The One and Only Ivan | 570L | Brave Writer Arrow for The One and Only Ivan | Parallelism |
Poppy | 580L | Brave Writer Arrow for Poppy | Musical Language |
Rascal | 600L | Brave Writer Arrow for Rascal | Consonance |
Homesick | 610L | Brave Writer Arrow for Homesick | Autobiographical Narrative |
Turtle in Paradise | 610L | Brave Writer Arrow for Turtle in Paradise | Hook and Return |
Love, Ruby Lavender | 630L | Brave Writer Arrow for Love, Ruby Lavender | Letter Writing |
The Lemonade War | 630L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Lemonade War | Narrative Writing |
The Girl Who Drank the Moon | 640L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Anaphora |
The Dreamer | 650L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Dreamer | Poetry |
Sarah, Plain and Tall | 660L | Brave Writer Arrow for Sarah, Plain and Tall | Confusing Word Pairs |
Because of Winn-Dixie | 670L | Brave Writer Arrow for Because of Winn-Dixie | Collage |
Henry Huggins | 670L | Brave Writer Arrow for Henry Huggins | Names |
The Tale of Despereaux | 670L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Tale of Despereaux | Personification |
*Free Quiver Sample: Charlotte’s Web | 680L | Brave Writer Arrow for “Charlotte’s Web” | Alliteration |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | 690L | Brave Writer Arrow for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Fictionalizing History |
Detectives in Togas | 700L | Brave Writer Arrow for Detectives in Togas | Clichés |
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | 700L | Brave Writer Arrow for From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Musical Language |
Out of My Mind | 700L | Brave Writer Arrow for Out of My Mind | Synesthesia |
The Great Turkey Walk | 700L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Great Turkey Walk | Setting and Journey |
Where the Red Fern Grows | 700L | Brave Writer Arrow for Where the Red Fern Grows | Rhyme |
Secret of the Andes | 710L | Brave Writer Arrow for Secret of the Andes | Dialog |
Shadow Spinner | 710L | Brave Writer Arrow for Shadow Spinner | Story |
The Secret Garden* | 710L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Secret Garden* | Surprise |
Wheel on the School | 710L | Brave Writer Arrow for Wheel on the School | Assonance |
A Long Walk to Water | 720L | Brave Writer Arrow for A Long Walk to Water | Multiple Narrators |
On the Banks of Plum Creek | 720L | Brave Writer Arrow for On the Banks of Plum Creek | Mood |
By the Great Horn Spoon! | 730L | Brave Writer Arrow for By the Great Horn Spoon! | Dialect |
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam | 730L | Brave Writer Arrow for Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam | Varieties of Languages |
Free Baseball | 730L | Brave Writer Arrow for Free Baseball | Diamante |
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | 730L | Brave Writer Arrow for In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Personification |
The Green Ember | 730L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Green Ember | The Cliffhanger |
Freedom Train | 740L | Brave Writer Arrow for Freedom Train | Clichés |
Soup | 740L | Brave Writer Arrow for Soup | Metaphor |
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn | 740L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn | Personification |
A Long Way from Chicago | 750L | Brave Writer Arrow for A Long Way from Chicago | Historical Context |
All-of-a-Kind Family | 750L | Brave Writer Arrow for All-of-a-Kind Family | Religious Traditions |
Esperanza Rising | 750L | Brave Writer Arrow for Esperanza Rising | Foreign Language |
One Crazy Summer | 750L | Brave Writer Arrow for One Crazy Summer | Naming |
Trumpet of the Swan | 750L | Brave Writer Arrow for Trumpet of the Swan | Appeal to Known Experience |
Harriet the Spy | 760L | Brave Writer Arrow for Harriet the Spy | Hyperbole |
Hoot | 760L | Brave Writer Arrow for Hoot | One Sentence |
Journey to Jo’burg | 760L | Brave Writer Arrow for Journey to Jo’burg | Cinquain |
Little House on the Prairie | 760L | Brave Writer Arrow for Little House on the Prairie | Confusing Word Pairs |
Om-Kas-Toe of the Blackfeet | 760L | Brave Writer Arrow for Om-Kas-Toe of the Blackfeet | Amplification |
Danny, the Champion of the World | 770L | Brave Writer Arrow for Danny, the Champion of the World | Character Interview |
Keeping Score | 770L | Brave Writer Arrow for Keeping Score | Metaphor |
The Sign of the Beaver | 770L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Sign of the Beaver | Descriptive Detail |
Mossflower | 780L | Brave Writer Arrow for Mossflower | Onomatopoeia |
The Borrowers | 780L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Borrowers | Topics |
The Cricket in Times Square | 780L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Cricket in Times Square | Rhyme |
The Liberation of Gabriel King | 780L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Liberation of Gabriel King | Journaling |
Navigating Early | 790L | Brave Writer Arrow for Navigating Early | Story within a Story |
The Big Wave | 790L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Big Wave | Theme |
The Long Winter | 790L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Long Winter | Amplification |
Wonder | 790L | Brave Writer Arrow for Wonder | Precepts |
How Tia Lola Came to Stay | 800L | Brave Writer Arrow for How Tia Lola Came to Stay | Apostrophe |
Inside Out and Back Again | 800L | Brave Writer Arrow for Inside Out and Back Again | Free Verse |
Redwall | 800L | Brave Writer Arrow for Redwall | Onomatopoeia |
The Penderwicks | 800L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Penderwicks | Dialog |
My Side of the Mountain | 810L | Brave Writer Arrow for My Side of the Mountain | Setting |
Thimble Summer | 810L | Brave Writer Arrow for Thimble Summer | Simile |
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | 810L | Brave Writer Arrow for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | Journey |
By the Shores of Silver Lake | 820L | Brave Writer Arrow for By the Shores of Silver Lake | Antonyms |
Farmer Boy | 820L | Brave Writer Arrow for Farmer Boy | Descriptive Detail |
Call It Courage | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for Call It Courage | Imagery |
Frindle | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for Frindle | Compound Words |
Half Magic | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for Half Magic | Dialog |
Mary Poppins | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for Mary Poppins | Rhyme |
The House at Pooh Corner | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for The House at Pooh Corner | Synonyms |
Turn Homeward, Hannalee | 830L | Brave Writer Arrow for Turn Homeward, Hannalee | Writing Letters |
Johnny Tremain | 840L | Brave Writer Arrow for Johnny Tremain | Onomatopoeia |
These Happy Golden Years | 840L | Brave Writer Arrow for These Happy Golden Years | Mood |
Little Town on the Prairie | 850L | Brave Writer Arrow for Little Town on the Prairie | Recitation, Narration, Oral Exams, Free Writing |
The Cabin Faced West | 860L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Cabin Faced West | Consonance |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle | 860L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Viewpoint |
*Free Sample: James and the Giant Peach | 870L | Brave Writer Arrow for “James and the Giant Peach” | Stylish Synonyms |
In the Beginning | 870L | Brave Writer Arrow for In the Beginning | Repetition of Key Terms |
Pippi Longstocking | 870L | Brave Writer Arrow for Pippi Longstocking | Onomatopoeia |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | 880L | Brave Writer Arrow for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Names |
The Prairie Thief | 880L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Prairie Thief | Simile |
Caddie Woodlawn | 890L | Brave Writer Arrow for Caddie Woodlawn | Conclusions |
Same Sun Here | 890L | Brave Writer Arrow for Same Sun Here | Illustrations |
The Mysterious Benedict Society | 890L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Mysterious Benedict Society | Simile/Metaphor |
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | 890L | Brave Writer Arrow for Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | Viewpoint |
Ida B | 900L | Brave Writer Arrow for Ida B | Grammar Games |
Mr. Popper’s Penguins | 910L | Brave Writer Arrow for Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Feeling Words |
A Single Shard | 920L | Brave Writer Arrow for A Single Shard | Historical Fiction |
Stuart Little | 920L | Brave Writer Arrow for Stuart Little | Descriptive Detail |
The Door in the Wall | 920L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Door in the Wall | Biography |
A Tugging String | 930L | Brave Writer Arrow for A Tugging String | Narrator |
Little House in the Big Woods | 930L | Brave Writer Arrow for Little House in the Big Woods | Protagonist |
Nim’s Island | 930L | Brave Writer Arrow for Nim’s Island | Similes and Metaphors |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 940L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Powerful Verbs |
Bud, Not Buddy | 950L | Brave Writer Arrow for Bud, Not Buddy | Onomatopoeia |
Moccasin Trail | 960L | Brave Writer Arrow for Moccasin Trail | Alliteration |
The Birchbark House | 970L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Birchbark House | Sensory Similes |
The Horse and His Boy | 970L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Horse and His Boy | Writing Projects |
Elijah of Buxton | 980L | Brave Writer Arrow for Elijah of Buxton | Hyperbole |
Ginger Pye | 990L | Brave Writer Arrow for Ginger Pye | Personification |
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling | 1000L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling | Teaser |
The Phantom Tollbooth | 1000L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Phantom Tollbooth | Literal Meaning |
Understood Betsy | 1000L | Brave Writer Arrow for Understood Betsy | Characterization |
Ben and Me | 1010L | Brave Writer Arrow for Ben and Me | Historical Setting |
Love That Dog | 1010L | Brave Writer Arrow for Love That Dog | Dictation Passages |
The Bad Beginning | 1010L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Bad Beginning | Idioms |
Hatchet | 1020L | Brave Writer Arrow for Hatchet | Personification |
The Hero and the Crown | 1050L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Hero and the Crown | Homonym/Homophone |
The Wind in the Willows | 1070L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Wind in the Willows | Imagery |
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles | 1090L | Brave Writer Arrow for Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles | Non-fiction |
The Midwife’s Apprentice | 1150L | Brave Writer Arrow for The Midwife’s Apprentice | Gritty Realism |
Math Curse and Science Verse | 560/NPL | Brave Writer Arrow for Math Curse and Science Verse | Word Problems and Science Poetry |
Little Britches | AD600L | Brave Writer Arrow for Little Britches | Figurative Language |
Finn Family Moomintroll | AD770L | Brave Writer Arrow for Finn Family Moomintroll | Cast of Characters |
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword | GN380L | Brave Writer Arrow for Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword | Graphic Novel |
Blood and Guts | IG910L | Brave Writer Arrow for Blood and Guts | Titles |
Just So Stories | NC1060L | Brave Writer Arrow for Just So Stories | Invented Language |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | NC1370L | Brave Writer Arrow for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Parenthetical Aside |
Encyclopedia Brown | | Brave Writer Arrow for Encyclopedia Brown | Analogies |
Star of Light | | Brave Writer Arrow for Star of Light | Metaphor |
The People at Pineapple Place | | Brave Writer Arrow for The People at Pineapple Place | Fantasy |