Title - Al Capone Does My Shirts Author: Choldenko, Gennifer Publisher: G.P.Putnam's Sons Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A twelve-year-old boy named Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island in 1935, when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3084 7+ 1080 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 48 Total # of Words 5380 # of Different Words 1314 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 4210 78.3% # of Hi freq words 582 44.3% % of Long Sentences 5.7 Low Freq occurs 244 4.5% # of Low freq words 192 14.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Headings Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot First Person Present Tense Topics Challenges Love Behaviors Sisters *Human Body & Health *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words absolutely account acre aisle ajar aka alphonse amnesia announces apparently applied bootlegging buoy cabinet calmed casserole catwalks chalkboard circuits cleat communicate compartments conductor connivers cons conversations convict convicted convicts cousins coxe cranks crapper crier current curse curtain d'ya designed devil's diamond doubt drawers eleanor elections electrician electricians embarrassing embezzlers errand escaped esther evasion fellows felon fifths firepower flanagan formula fourths freckles gangster gent glance glances glared glares gonna gotta groceries grocery growth guard's gull gulls gutted halt haze headlines heaving hollers hoping ignored ignores illustrated incredible innocent inspects intend january jewelry jock kidnapper kidnappers kinda kindergarten kindly knob knocks label laundry lieutenants limits linebacker liver looker macaroni major manicotti marina mcgregor's monica morgue morgues motion motions motorman murder murderers natalie neighbors nosed numbered ohhhhkay opportunity organization ought peaceful peculiar phonograph piper piper's playhouse prison prisons private prove psychiatrist raises rapists rattling recognize refrigerator responsible resumes retarded runt sake sausages scarface scowl screamer screwy shove sincere sixteenth skimming slat smithereens snorkey snubbed sonny spiny squawking stairwell standstill steamship stickup stilts surrounded swear tantrums theresa thieves thompson traitors trixle turd uhhh underwear unscrews warden weakness weird whisper whispers williams's witnesses workings wrist yanked younger