This document provides summaries of 10 fantasy or science fiction books appropriate for a February book project with Lexile levels between 600-1000. It includes the book titles, brief descriptions of each plot, and Lexile level. Some of the book options mentioned are The Phantom Tollbooth, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Falling In, James and the Giant Peach, and The Giver.

1. Outcome: I can find fantasy or
science fiction within my Lexile for
my February book project.

2. The Phantom Tollbooth
(teaching set)
Milo finds a cure for his
boredom and discovers
the importance of words
and numbers on a
journey through a
fantastical land.
Lexile: 1000
F
JUS

3. The Tail of Emily Windsnap
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
F
KES

4. Falling In
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
F
DOW

5. James and the Giant Peach
• 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
F
DAH

6. No Such Thing As Dragons
• 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
F
REE

7. The Navigator
• 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
F
MCN

8. The Capture
• 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
F
LAS

9. Dragonsdale
• 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
F
DRA

10. The Lost Children
• 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
F
COH

11. Happenstance Found
Books of Umber
• 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
F
CAT

12. The Giver
• 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
F
LOW

13. 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