Oh, and by the way, I HATE the lexile system. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place is 1000. Really?!?? It is an empty, silly book completely devoid of any important or original ideas. FWIW, there was much to not like about DOAWK, but I read all of the first couple to my dyslexic boy as he was beginning to read, and there was more authentic reflection of the human condition and the deep but complicated experience of friendship in that book than in many other books out there.
I guess I am agreeing here with pp -- ideas matter. Or they should. I think leveled reading systems like Lexile may have contributed to the decline in reading.
