Title - Akiak Author: Blake, Robert J Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When she hurts her paw on the fourth day of the race, Akiak can no longer compete in the Iditarod—the famed dogsledding race through 1,151 miles of Alaskan terrain. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 687 3.1 680 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 26 Total # of Words 1252 # of Different Words 449 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 783 62.5% # of Hi freq words 171 38.1% % of Long Sentences 4.6 Low Freq occurs 81 6.5% # of Low freq words 57 12.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Simple Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Difficult names Topics Competition Challenges Racing Dogs Determination *Animals Conflicts *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words akiak akiak's anchorage broonzy’s burrowed cautiously checkpoint community courageous descents discard elim escaped flinty flown galena golovin harness hollered iditarod ketcham ketcham's koyuk kuskokwim layover limping mick's mound musher mushers mushing nome ophir overturned perry's pm rated recognized refuge rugged rusted scent seventy shaktoolik snowmobile squinted straightened takotna tangling unalakleet underway volunteer volunteers vowed wandered whistlin’ whiteout