Book comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of the most-assigned canon books in US K-12 ELA classrooms. Each pair shows Lexile differential, grade- range overlap, shared curricula, themes, and (when applicable) banned-state overlap.
45 pairs indexed across the canon.
Grades 3-5
- New Kid vs Wonder
- Shiloh vs WonderLexile gap: 100L
- Holes vs WonderLexile gap: 130L
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Wonder
- Smile vs WonderLexile gap: 380L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs WonderLexile gap: 180L
- Maniac Magee vs WonderLexile gap: 30L
- Out of My Mind vs WonderLexile gap: 90L
- Refugee vs WonderLexile gap: 10L
- New Kid vs Shiloh
- Holes vs New Kid
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs New Kid
- New Kid vs Smile
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs New Kid
- Maniac Magee vs New Kid
- New Kid vs Out of My Mind
- New Kid vs Refugee
- Holes vs ShilohLexile gap: 230L
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Shiloh
- Shiloh vs SmileLexile gap: 480L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs ShilohLexile gap: 280L
- Maniac Magee vs ShilohLexile gap: 70L
- Out of My Mind vs ShilohLexile gap: 190L
- Refugee vs ShilohLexile gap: 90L
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Holes
- Holes vs SmileLexile gap: 250L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs HolesLexile gap: 50L
- Holes vs Maniac MageeLexile gap: 160L
- Holes vs Out of My MindLexile gap: 40L
- Holes vs RefugeeLexile gap: 140L
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Smile
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Maniac Magee
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Out of My Mind
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library vs Refugee
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs SmileLexile gap: 200L
- Maniac Magee vs SmileLexile gap: 410L
- Out of My Mind vs SmileLexile gap: 290L
- Refugee vs SmileLexile gap: 390L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs Maniac MageeLexile gap: 210L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs Out of My MindLexile gap: 90L
- Because of Winn-Dixie vs RefugeeLexile gap: 190L
- Maniac Magee vs Out of My MindLexile gap: 120L
- Maniac Magee vs RefugeeLexile gap: 20L
- Out of My Mind vs RefugeeLexile gap: 100L