Title - Bloodlines Author: Mead, Richelle Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Mastrano, the last place Sydney expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California, where the drama is only just beginning. Book #1 in the series. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3451 7+ 1100 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 43 Total # of Words 3825 # of Different Words 1195 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2757 72.1% # of Hi freq words 448 37.5% % of Long Sentences 9.7 Low Freq occurs 378 9.9% # of Low freq words 301 25.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature concepts: Mature thinking required with many distinctly unusual experiences Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Difficult names Foreign words Topics Danger *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Vampires Relationships Low Frequency Words acceptable accompanies addition admission affirmatively afoot aided aiding alchemist alchemists ambition annoyingly appalling approval assessment assignment assistance associates assume behaviors blackmailed brainwashing breathed brethren brusquely cardigan casual ceremonial charcoal chastised chastisement cinched college colossal committee complications comprehend conceal concealed concern condemnation condescending confident consultation consume contents conversation conveyed cower criticism crucial decision decisively dedicated deposited disappointed disapproving disdain disposable dissidence divine doubtful dragomir ease echoed education elixirs emblazoned emotions employers emptied ensuring errands escaped eventually evidence exposing extreme eyed fetched fiasco forcibly formidable fractionally frantic fully further government gratitude guarded harbored hathaway heartbeat hereditary hesitate hierophant hierophants honestly honesty hoping horowitz horowitz's household humanity humiliated illegitimate image imagining immediately imperative importantly impression indefinite indicating indirect injecting injury inked inking innocent instruction intended interrogation intoned introduced invitation involved issue jeans joining kindly knowing knowledge labels leapt level levels liquid location loyalties major masking mastrano mauling mention mentioned mentioning mercifully merely michaelson misguided mission monarch moroi murderer murderous murmured mused mysterious naturally nature neutrality nevertheless nightmare nightmares nondescript noticeably obediently objections occupants openly originally ornamentation ounce ourselves packet panic paused peered pleasantly political practically practiced precarious precise presentable pretentious pricked priests prison process promotion prompted protective protests proven public purely purpose purposely qualified quotes reality reasons recent recently recharging refilling regard regretted renegade requested require required resentment resources respect response reverently ridiculous rightness ritual royal sage scaring scenarios schemes schooled science scoffed scurried seriously servants shallow shared should've shrugged situation slacks smoothed solely spending spine stable stadium standards stanton stanton's startling status stifled stilled strigoi subsided subtext superiors surely surge survive suspected suspension suspicion sweatshirt sydney's sympathy tattooist's technically terror theories thoroughly thrashing tingle tiptoeing traitors trustworthy tsked twenties unbearable uncertain unclear uncovered undetected unease uneasily unexpected unnatural unspoken urging utter vasilisa vasilisa's vial vials waking warmth widen wince withholding witnessed younger zombielike