Title - Becoming Naomi Leon Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz Publisher: Turtleback Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2816 6.5 1030 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 42 Total # of Words 3232 # of Different Words 1062 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2368 73.3% # of Hi freq words 446 42% % of Long Sentences 32.7 Low Freq occurs 223 6.9% # of Low freq words 185 17.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some 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 Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Mood/tone First Person Topics Feelings/Emotions Mexico/Mexican Caring/Hugs Love Family Grandparents Choices *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Adoption Parents Low Frequency Words abominations absolute according acres airstream alterations announced annoy apparition appeal appreciate babyhood bearbrother bedraggled bernardo bernardo's binder bristle buena cabinet citrus coincidence combination comin companionship content contrary corralled countrified craned curler curlers current curve delaney deli diego disappointed doubled dutch effect elementary embarrassing episodes etching fabiola fabiola's familiar familiarity feathery flourish foldout fortune fulfill gardenia gordon gossip graduated gravelly greatly grooves grove hairpins hefty humble ignore iota jeans jewels kindergartner kingdom knelt knitted knocking knowing level librarian lickety lively maloney maroon mention mexican minding miniature miracle morales morimoto mulled naomi nature's newly nightly notions nowhere oaxaca obedience opinions orchards ounce oval paddling palms paring partially peace pedestal perfume permanent phoebe photographs polyester positive practical practicing precise prediction predisposition preferring prophecy proved pure queasy rabble raising recognize require resembled retired rounded sake salesperson sanctuary sayings scenes scrunched seamstresses shaggy shavings should've shown singsong situation skulk sloughed smoothing solution soul spittle splendid stickup stitches straightened strangely suggestion suited surely surgeries surrounded suspected swarmed sweater teary terri tidy tilted trampoline triangle tribute truly twitched unabridged universe unravel unruly vista waltz wears whiff whistling who'll wobble wooly worth yourselves