Title - Awesome Friendly Adventure Author: Kinney, Jeff Publisher: Amulet Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Join Roland and his best friend, Garg the Barbarian, as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a quest to save Roland’s mom from the White Warlock. Will our heroes survive? Entertain Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1490 4.3 820 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 40 Total # of Words 3014 # of Different Words 681 Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 2216 73.5% # of Hi freq words 294 43.2% % of Long Sentences 32 Low Freq occurs 114 3.8% # of Low freq words 73 10.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inserts/Side bars Concept: Fanciful Chapters Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time Features Character traits Parallel plots First Person Unconventional punctuation Topics Books Writing Creativity Adventures Risk Taking *Language Arts *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words adventures allowance avalanche bampy bampy's barbarian believable bodybuilders boulders complicated copyright disappointed dude education environments figures fortress freaked gonna guide heffley helpless honest hoping imagination kidnapped mentioned missus model mullet musty neighbor nighttime nosy nowadays offense official ogres ohh opinion partners permission phrases physically practicing prequel prisoner profits puberty published publishers rescuing roamed roland routine should've shown spending staples superman supplies swear swimwear thunderstorm tidy torches villagers wand wanna warlock weird wizards workshop