The document provides summaries for 14 fantasy or science fiction books that are within the given Lexile range for a book project. Some of the books summarized include The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Robin Bernstein with a Lexile of 840, The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman with a Lexile of 940, and The Field Guide by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi with a Lexile of 600.

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

2. The Fairy-Tale Detectives
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)
F
BUC

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Borrowers
• 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
F
NOR

7. Wildwood
• 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
F
Mel

8. Liesl & Po
• 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
F
OLI

9. The Familiars
• Three young wizards-intraining are kidnapped by
an evil queen and their
familiars--Aldwyn the
alley cat, Skylar, a knowit-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
F
EPS

10. 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

11. Rowan of Rin
• 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
F
ROD

12. 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

13. Happily Ever After
• 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
F
QUI