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stevetheipad wrote:

I loved The Mysterious Benedict Society for quite a while. It's a really good adventure and mystery book, and if you like it, there are two more of them in the series. 

GAAAAAH I forgot to add something ;-; The "lexile" number has to be higher than 1000. I checked that book, and it was 900 DX I might read it on my own time though, it seems like a good book :s

cheddargirl wrote:

Can it be 1000 on the dot? The Hobbit is over 300 pages, and when I went to check, the lexile number was 1000.

I'm reading that for 7th grade English honors summer reading list.

Ender's Game is an awesome book.
PathFinder is also an awesome book.
Lord of the Rings is a good series.

jji7skyline wrote:

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a great book, although it may not be long enough.

It's not, it's only 108. 

How do you figure out the lexile number?

stevetheipad wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a great book, although it may not be long enough.

It's not, it's only 108. 

1. Download free epub (it's public domain)
2. Change font size
3. Profit! 

The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale and every book ever written by Diana Wynne Jones (except Enchanted Glass), especially Howl's Moving Castle.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea..?

The Lord of the Rings? 

TorbyFork234 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Can it be 1000 on the dot? The Hobbit is over 300 pages, and when I went to check, the lexile number was 1000.

I'm reading that for 7th grade English honors summer reading list.

Ender's Game is an awesome book.
PathFinder is also an awesome book.
Lord of the Rings is a good series.

Pathfinder was ok.

Try Rick Riordan, or Ted Dekker.

I don't quite understand this numbing system. Catcher in the Rye is only in the 700s and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is 1180? (Unfortunately, The Curious Incident is fewer than 300 pages; it's a fabulous book and I recommend it completely.)

Anyway, I found a few that meet all the requirements. I don't know what kind of books you like, but I liked them. Here they are:

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, 1000 -- I actually just finished rereading this book. It's wonderful. If you want I brilliant book that will make you feel generally happy about humanity, I totally recommend reading it. However, the plot is fairly complex, so if you anticipate having to write a book report about it, I might avoid it for this assignment. It is about 400 page, but it's a quick read.

1984 by George Orwell, 1090 -- I don't know how you feel about dystopian novels, but I'm quite fond of them. Believe it or not, this is the only one I could find with a 1000+ lexile (Come on, Brave New World and Handmaid's Tale!) Anyway, it is just over 300 pages, but a tougher read than Fried Green Tomatoes. 

A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel, 1010 -- This is a memoir, but unlike many memoirs, it is actually mostly happy.    This is just over 300 pages and a pretty light read, if I remember correctly.

Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, 1010 -- This is another memoir, but it is not quite so happy. In fact, it is not particularly happy at all. It is also about 300 pages.

Anyway, good luck in your search!

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scmb1 wrote:

I don't quite understand this numbing system. Catcher in the Rye is only in the 700s and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is 1180? (Unfortunately, The Curious Incident is fewer than 300 pages; it's a fabulous book and I recommend it completely.)

I find this even more bizarre.

veggieman001 wrote:

scmb1 wrote:

I don't quite understand this numbing system. Catcher in the Rye is only in the 700s and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is 1180? (Unfortunately, The Curious Incident is fewer than 300 pages; it's a fabulous book and I recommend it completely.)

I find this even more bizarre.

Wow, that's silly. Also, a bunch of guides to books have much higher ratings than the books themselves. I feel like if a book needs a guide, it should have a fairly high rating.

Wickimen wrote:

scmb1 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I find this even more bizarre.

Wow, that's silly. Also, a bunch of guides to books have much higher ratings than the books themselves. I feel like if a book needs a guide, it should have a fairly high rating.

Some book numbering systems are based off of the average syllables used in each word, which is supposed to calculate how difficult the words are
(But that isn't really true in some cases)
They then rate the book according to its difficulty, which may or may not make sense
Because for instance, 'rime' (a favorite word of mine) is less common than 'frost', yet they are the same amount of syllables
Maybe that is what they're doing here?

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Hmm
1984?