Title - Art of Racing in the Rain, The Author: Stein, Garth Publisher: Harper Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope--a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3557 7+ 1110 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 74 Total # of Words 3600 # of Different Words 1105 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2764 76.8% # of Hi freq words 448 40.5% % of Long Sentences 27.8 Low Freq occurs 254 7.1% # of Low freq words 222 20.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: Mature thinking required with many distinctly unusual experiences Features First Person Present Tense Topics Low Frequency Words advantage airedale allergies alpha anticipation arched ascend assertive ayrton balcony bastard bitch buffet cataracts championship circuits classic communicate complicated concern convention cradles crotch crouches cultures customers dangling denny designed desirable determined disengage disingenuous disintegrating dismay dissolving documentary downpour dumber dumbest eastern effective effectively elapsed embrace embracing engulfs excellent exceptionally existence expounded eyed familiar feebly fermented fertile fertility fewer fogged fondle fondness forearm forged formula fortunately frequently frisbee fucking gene genius gestures glance glimpse gloat godfather grasped gravitational grocery halloween handheld hell hindquarters hoist honestly horribly hovered humanlike humiliating imitating immature imprint incarnation independent indicating indifferent infatuated intelligence interpretation intimidated involved irish jingles joints keen kinesthetic leschi lifetimes liquid littermates lunges mammal medication medicines melodramatic memories mexican mongolia motion mount mounted nape nature neighborhood obvious occasion occasionally overlooked owe pace pacino panic pantry particular patching patience pbs pendulous plasticky platypus pleasure pockets polysyllabic portions practically preemptive presence presentation prost proved quitting racetrack reactors realize recently reduce reflection relations relative relieved rely remake respected responders responsibilities restaurant rituals rough sabella saliva satellites scarface schumacher scramble scruff scruffy seattle senna sensation sentimentality separate shepherd shepherds shone shove shower sired slender solvers sonoma soul spending steroids stocked supremacy swallows swelling tandoori tangled teats temperament terrier terriers thinkers thinkin torrential tortilla trophy tussling underwater urine vaguely valuable variety vision vital warned wendlinger willpower wiry witness yanking yipping zo