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by Louis Sachar
Lexile
660L
AR Level
4.6
Grade Level
5-8
Age Range
10-14 years
Lexile Measure
660L
Text complexity and reader ability measure
AR (Accelerated Reader) Level
4.6
Grade level equivalent for independent reading
Guided Reading Level
V
Level A-Z used in classroom instruction
DRA Level
40
Developmental Reading Assessment score
Recommended Age
10-14 years
Grade Level
5-8
Interest Level
Middle Grades (4-8)
Word Count
47,000 words
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a juvenile detention center where boys dig holes all day in the Texas desert.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1998)
Pages: 233
ISBN: 9780142401033
A scientific approach to measuring reading ability and text complexity. Scores range from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1600L for advanced readers.
Indicates grade level difficulty. A book with AR level 4.5 is appropriate for a student in the fifth month of fourth grade.
A leveling system using letters A-Z to indicate text difficulty, commonly used in elementary schools.
