Title - Amina's Voice Author: Khan, Hena Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community in this sweet and moving middle-grade novel. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2351 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 35 Total # of Words 3029 # of Different Words 933 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2202 72.7% # of Hi freq words 380 40.7% % of Long Sentences 14.6 Low Freq occurs 187 6.2% # of Low freq words 140 15% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex plot Difficult names Foreign words Present Tense Topics Attitudes Cultures Differences Fears Self Esteem Friendship *Feelings, Behaviors Singing Religion Prejudice Relationships School Low Frequency Words accent allotted amina anemia associate audience belting cafeteria center's chamchee choral chorus churning citizens clouding concert contestant conversation correcting cranked deli deserve deserves disorder education elementary embarrass embarrassing expectantly extremely familiar fiona further future geeta giggling halt hancock heidi holly's honestly hota humiliation hurries ignoring impostor independence insists jeering judge judges jumbo khokar knots kuckleman lectures lunchroom manage melanie memories mention mere milwaukee mini minimum miracle mouthful musical mustafa mustafa's mutter nailed neighbor neighbor's newborn oath offended official ogre olayinka opposites overenthusiastic overjoyed overstuffed palms pause pauses peace peers performance performing pondering possibility praise production prowling raises reassembled recognize recommended redheaded relieved schedule scottish scramble scurrying sectional seriously shove shown shrek smokey softens solo soojin soojin's spotlight sprawled stammer studio substitute summarize supermodel swallowing tagging tempered theme trauma unpredictable urdu ushers volume volunteering volunteers weird whispers yellowed yelp younger zawacki