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

range for my February book project.

The Fairy-Tale Detectives F BUC

When their parents disappear Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

Lexile: 840

(Teaching Set)

The Dark Hills Divide (Land of Ilyon) F

CAR Twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish when she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, and is free to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond its confines. Lexile: 940

The Field Guide (Spiderwick) F DIT

The Grace children discover a field guide to fairies in their Great Aunt Lucinda's old Victorian house that sends them on a fantastic journey into a world of elves, dwarves, and trolls. Lexile: 600

Urchin of the Riding Stars (Mistmantle) F MCA

• A group of animals, led by an orphaned squirrel, learns about friendship and loyalty when they band together to defend their island kingdom against evil forces.

• Lexile: 780

The Borrowers F NOR

• Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock..

• Lexile: 780

Wildwood F Mel • Prue's life shifts from

ordinary to extraordinary when her baby brother is kidnapped by a murder of crows and she must embark into the Impassable Wilderness, a dense forest in the center of Portland, Oregon, with her friend Curtis in tow, where the pair will encounter warring creatures, peaceful mystics, and other dark-minded, powerful figures.

• Lexile: 900

Liesl & Po F OLI • After her father's death,

Liesl is locked away in a tiny attic room by her stepmother, where she meets Po, a lonely ghost, and Will, an alchemist's apprentice who bungles an important delivery and enlists Liesl and Po's help in setting things right.

• Lexile: 830

The Familiars F EPS • Three young wizards-in-

training are kidnapped by an evil queen and their familiars--Aldwyn the alley cat, Skylar, a know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert a tree frog who can see the future--set out on a dangerous journey to rescue the boys.

• Lexile: 920

You Wish (The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff) F LET • When a miserable

orphan unknowingly disrupts the balance of power between the magical realms of wishes and curses, he must join forces with the Wishworks Factory to reclaim his errant wish and set things right again.

• Lexile: 970

Rowan of Rin F ROD • Because only he can

read the magical map, young, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back.

• Lexile: 660

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians F SAN • On his thirteenth birthday,

foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization..

• Lexile: 730

Happily Ever After F QUI

• When a girl who loves to read fairy tales is transported back to medieval times, she finds that the life of a princess in a castle is less fun than she imagined. Lexile: 1030