Title - Alone Author: Freeman, Megan E Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She’s alone—left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2328 5.5 950 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 47 Total # of Words 3071 # of Different Words 1139 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2135 69.5% # of Hi freq words 442 38.8% % of Long Sentences 8.4 Low Freq occurs 255 8.3% # of Low freq words 211 18.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Mood/tone First Person Unconventional punctuation Present Tense Words presented in isolation Topics Challenges *Safety Danger Family Adaptability Survival *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words abandoned absence accelerated adjective adolescent advisory afghan aftershave anchor appreciate ashanti ashanti's astaire authorities autopilot banquet binder calculate challenge chaotic chargers circulation citizens concert confusion conversations converse convoys coverage crap crisis crouch curfew curfews curious cushion dehydrated delays dharma diaper diapers disruption drafting dramatic dreamland economy ecstasy elegant ell embarkation embarrassments embossed emergency erecting evacuation evacuations eventually evidence exaggerating exhale exhales existence flush forlorn forsaken freedom fuel gardening geniuses glamorous glances gluten grocery gross grounded grunt handlebars hepburn hollers homeland hoping horror hyperbole imminent increased indication infrastructure ingested instructions intended intersection invisible jeans jeez jurisdictions katharine kiddo kinda language laptop launches laundry leggings lockdown lounge meantime meditation megachurch messages military mission moments momma's mortifying multiple national neighbor obvious online operation option orchestra ourselves paisley panic paradise patient pauses peer permanently personally phobic plague pm positive potted precautionary precious progress project protection protective prove pureed radioactive reality recognize reconnect reduce relocate resulting retriever rotations rottweiler rude sci science scroll secure security separated seriously shallow shelters sidewalks simpler sketchy sleepover social specific spending stepbrother studies studio suitcases surgeon survive sweetheart sweetie swirls tangled tangles tattered temporary tempted threat toxic transport transports tropical tuned tweaked twinkies unfamiliar unlimited unnaturally unroll upcoming uptight urine vanishing varsity vulnerability wallet walnuts wears worth wrangle wrapper wrench wrist