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HOPE F MCGEE A new genre, a lower reading level, and a New York Times best seller. Thank you Laurie Gilmore for you are my guinea pig. Today, I saw an infographic depicting the “5 Finger Rule” when describing reading levels in children. The idea is to quickly determine a book's reading level by flipping to a random page and having the child put fingers up for how many words they didn’t understand: 0-1 too easy, 2-3 perfect for learning, and 4-5 too difficult. So by this meas