From: ELEANOR ZWEBNER <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Reading list It is not surprising but the criteria are surprising. There is more to a reading level than the length of a sentence or the complexity of words. I would not classify Animal Farm, To Kill A Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies as 5th grade material, regardless of the sentence level. Animal Farm says FAIRY STORY -- this is on a simplistic level Eleanor