fantasy science fiction 2

Outcome: I can find fantasy or science fiction within my Lexile for

my February book project.

The Phantom Tollbooth F (teaching set) JUS

Milo finds a cure for his boredom and discovers the importance of words and numbers on a journey through a fantastical land.

Lexile: 1000

The Tail of Emily Windsnap F KES After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world. Lexile: 600

Falling In F DOW

Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them. Lexile: 850

James and the Giant Peach F DAH • A young boy

escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

• Lexile: 870

No Such Thing As Dragons F REE

• A young, mute boy who is apprenticed to a dragon-slayer suspects that the winged beasts do not exist, until he--and his master--learn the truth.

• Lexile: 920

The Navigator F MCN • Owen has always been

different, and not only because his father committed suicide, but he is not prepared for the knowledge that he has a mission to help the Wakeful--the custodians of time--to stop the Harsh from reversing the flow of time.

• Lexile: 820

The Capture F LAS • Soren, a barn owl that

is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on at St. Aegolius Academy

• Lexile: 730

Dragonsdale F DRA • Cara loves taking care of the

dragons in her father's stable even though she has been forbidden to ride since the accident that caused her mother's death, but rather than just watch as all her friends begin preparing their dragons for the Island Championships, she decides to train the wild dragon Skydancer in secret.

• Lexile: 900

The Lost Children F COH

• When twelve-year-old Josephine falls through a wormhole in her garden shed into another time and place, she realizes the troubles she has at home are minor compared to what she has to tackle in the world where she has landed..

• Lexile: 740

Happenstance Found F Books of Umber CAT • Twelve-year-old

Happenstance wakes up in a cave with no idea how he got there, or who he is, but merchant and royal advisor Lord Umber helps Hap and his two friends escape from the caverns

• Lexile: NC 700

The Giver F LOW • Given his lifetime

assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

• Lexile: 760

The Mysterious Benedict Society F STE • After passing a series of

mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

• Lexile: 840